Doe v. Becerra

*46*333This case involves a challenge to the California Department of Justice's (DOJ) policy that individuals who possess a federal license to collect "curio and relic" firearms cannot, by virtue of possessing that license, purchase more than one non-curio or relic handgun in a 30-day period. DOJ's position is based on an interpretation of Penal Code section 27535,1 which both limits the number of handguns that can be purchased in a 30-day period and exempts individuals with the federal collector's license (and a certificate of eligibility from DOJ) from that limit. DOJ announced the disputed…