Gun Policy News
Appeals Court Upholds California Gun Show Ban Following 12-year Battle
3 May 2011
San Francisco Chronicle
PLEASANTON - A federal appeals court panel ruled Monday that gun show promoters have failed to show that a ban on firearms at the Alameda County Fairgrounds violates their right to keep and bear arms.
Rather than dismissing the promoters' 12-year-old lawsuit, however, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco gave the plaintiffs another chance to produce evidence that the ban unreasonably restricts law-abiding citizens' ability to obtain guns for... (GunPolicy.org)