BELLEVUE, WA — -(AmmoLand.com)- A California appeals court panel has unanimously denied a request from state Attorney General Rob Bonta for an immediate stay of an injunction in a case brought by the Second Amendment Foundation in a challenge of the state law allowing the state Department of Justice to share personal information about firearms owners with private researchers.
Bonta claimed the law, AB 173, “does not create a serious invasion of privacy.” The trial court disagreed, granting a preliminary injunction to the plaintiffs, thus placing a hold on the enforcement of the information-sharing law. The case is known as Barba, et.al. v. Bonta.
Second Amendment Foundation is joined in the lawsuit by the Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc., California Gun Rights Foundation, San Diego County Gun Owners PAC, Orange County Gun Owners PAC, Inland Empire Gun Owners PAC, and a private citizen, Ashleymarie Barba. They are represented by attorneys Bradley A. Benbrook and Stephen M. Duvernay with the Benbrook Law Group, PC in Sacramento.
“We’re delighted the appeals court panel unanimously rejected Bonta’s effort to set aside the preliminary injunction because the privacy of California gun owners is important, even if he thinks otherwise,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. “Bonta is determined to supply gun owner information to biased researchers who, we believe, will use it to promote additional restrictions on their Second Amendment-protected rights.”
Gottlieb dismissed arguments by Bonta that the researchers take steps to protect identifying information about gun owners.
“That’s not the point,” Gottlieb said. “The point of our challenge is that this information is being shared at all, especially with non-government entities. This isn’t just about Second Amendment rights. California’s law clearly threatens the privacy rights of gun owners.”
The lawsuit was filed because of a change in the California Penal Code that required the state DOJ to share private information on millions of gun owners in the state, with the California Firearm Violence Research Center and others.
About Second Amendment Foundation
The Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 720,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control.
Let them be afraid, be very Afraid!
hell even black women have finally discovered the lie
Had this bill passed and gone into effect good, innocent people would have been murdered — and more, I’m sure of it. The “people” who dream up bills like this are clearly not following the constitution which they are sworn to defend. I call that treason. Those “people” who support and/or enforce bills like this but are not sworn to uphold the constitution are tyrants. Either of those two crimes are punishable under federal law by death. Are we ever going to see the courts and l e actually do their job? Judging by what I have seen and gone… Read more »
We, you, I and every freedom and liberty loving patriot needs to start holding our representatives to the Constitution and the GOP Platforms. We need to have our local GOP group must insist all candidates and elected officials to affirm and make a signed commitment to those documents with the clear understanding that any wavering from those documents will have clear serious ramifications. The Constitution and the GOP Platforms are not suggestions. Those ramifications shall include withholding endorsements, funding, access to GOP voter information, volunteers, expulsion and since the candidate/elected signed a contract, a lawsuit seeking damages for violating a… Read more »
Liberal behavior is so vindictive and so provocative it practically explains their preoccupation with being shot.
anyone comes my way they will need a LOT of quick clot,and tampons to stem the blood flow
Don’t you get it? They watched us by the tens of millions knuckle under, bow and scrape, say YASSUH at every whimper of control during the covidiocy. They are now, as that madness is slowly fading away, calculating we will do the same with all the fear-mongering over the violence and death we are seeing across the country due to “lead poisoning”. The papers and media are full of “incresing violence and death” because of guns, while taking every step possible to increase this by their treasonous “crime” policies. Soros DA’s refuse to prosecute, release murderers OR, etc, all to… Read more »
real problem is not throwing bad politicians in stockade
Atta Boy SAF
It’s a really good thing there is the SAF and the GOA. If we were stuck solely with NRA, there wouldn’t be much of a 2A left. If you have any idle change in your pocket, please use it to support SAF and GOA