Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this file photo, a supporter of open carry gun laws, wears a pistol as he prepares for a rally in support of open carry gun ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down California’s first-in-the-nation law requiring background checks for ...

A: It is legal to purchase a gun for self-protection in California, but there are a number of rules and regulations. The California attorney general’s office has a useful link online about guns ...

(FOX40.COM) — The cost to obtain a Concealed Carry Weapon permit is on the rise in California. Nearly every sheriff’s office in the state attributes changes to CCW fees to Senate Bill 2 on their ...