A federal judge ruled Wednesday that California violated the Second Amendment rights of three men when it denied them the right to own or purchase firearms even though their prior felony convictions were vacated and their rights restored.

A state appeals court ruled that Californians who buy their cellphones at a discount by agreeing to use the dealer’s services must pay sales tax on the full, non-discounted price. The decision, which will be appealed, overturned a judge’s ruling that could have saved customers about $30 on their purchase.

In 2021, U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez ruled that a 100-year-old California ban on stick-like weapons known as “billy clubs” was constitutional precisely because it was so “longstanding.”

Last week, Benitez, reviewing the case for a second time, ruled the opposite: The ban is unconstitutional because it isn’t old enough.

(Subscription required) A dispute over whether a California law requiring the state Department of Justice to give firearms and ammunition purchaser information to state researchers violates privacy won’t be getting state Supreme Court review just yet.