Knife Rights, Inc. v. Bonta
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · No. 24-5536
👎Unfavorable to gun rights
facial challenge to the switchblade ban rejected and rehearing denied, leaving the regulations in force
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What the court held
Knife Rights, individual owners, and two retailers brought a facial Second Amendment challenge to California's switchblade regulations. The panel had affirmed summary judgment for California, holding that under the Salerno and Rahimi facial standard the challenge failed because at least one application of the law, the ban on concealed carry of switchblades, is consistent with the historical tradition of arms regulation, and it expressly declined to address the law's other applications. The Ninth Circuit denied panel rehearing and rehearing en banc, over dissents by Judge Tung, joined by seven judges, and Judge VanDyke.
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What this case is about
Second Amendment challenge to California knife restrictions
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Key Dates
- 2026-07-16 — Decided
- 2025-10-08 — Argued
Sources
- CourtListener — retrieved 2026-08-08
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