Bonta

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

KNIFE RIGHTS, INC.; ELIOT No. 24-5536

KAAGAN; JIM MILLER;

D.C. No.

GARRISON HAM; NORTH

3:23-cv-00474-

COUNTY SHOOTING CENTER,

JES-DDL

INC.; PWGG, LP,

Plaintiffs - Appellants,

OPINION

v.

ROB BONTA, California Attorney General,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California James E. Simmons, Jr., District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 8, 2025 Pasadena, California

Filed January 30, 2026

Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw, Ronald M. Gould, and Lucy H. Koh, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Wardlaw KNIFE RIGHTS, INC. V. BONTA

SUMMARY *

Second Amendment

The panel affirmed on different grounds the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the state of California in a facial Second Amendment challenge to California’s switchblade regulations brought by Knife Rights, Inc., various individuals who desire to keep and bear switchblades, and two retailers of bladed weapons (collectively, “Plaintiffs”). While California’s switchblade regulations prohibit a wide range of conduct, the panel focused…