Nat. Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. v. State of California

*431 Civil Code section 3531 provides that "[t]he law never requires impossibilities." In this case, plaintiff National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. (NSSF) argues that this provision authorizes a court to declare another statute, Penal Code section 31910, subdivision (b)(7)(A), unenforceable when a complainant alleges, and the court finds, that complying with the statute is impossible. The Court of Appeal agreed. Because such an interpretation of section 3531 is contrary to established principles of statutory interpretation, we reverse.

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In 1999, the Legislature enacted the Unsafe Handgun Act…