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. California’s ammo background check law is under serious scrutiny again, this time by the full Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. What’s Happening? The case Rhode v. Bonta is now being reviewed by the full panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, after a previous three-judge panel struck down the law in 2025. That earlier ruling found that requiring background checks for ammunition purchases “meaningfully constrains the right to keep operable arms.&rdqu …