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Peña v. Lindley

09.28.15

Defending provisions of California’s Unsafe Handgun Act.

Court: Ninth Circuit

Issue at Stake: Safety features

Summary: Everytown filed this amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit in litigation challenging California’s Unsafe Handgun Act. The case involved a challenge to provisions of the Act that require firearm makers to incorporate two safety features—a chamber-load indicator and a magazine-disconnect mechanism—as well as microstamping technology. Everytown’s brief demonstrated that the Unsafe Handgun Act does not burden the challengers’ Second Amendment self-defense right and should be upheld.

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