This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Constitutional Law,
Civil Rights,
Civil Litigation

Jan. 24, 2022

Judge won’t order AG Rob Bonta to stop sharing gun owners’ information

“There is no emergency here,” wrote U.S. District Judge Larry A. Burns, noting that there are safeguards in place to prevent researchers from sharing the data with outsiders.

A federal judge in San Diego refused to issue an emergency order to prevent Attorney General Rob Bonta from sharing gun owners' personal information with the California Firearm Violence Research Center at UC Davis and any other bona fide research institution.

Lawyers for unnamed gun owners said disclosure of personal information required to buy guns and ammunition or obtain a concealed weapons permit violates the right to privacy and chill...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up