FILE - California Attorney General Rob Bonta fields questions during a press conference on Aug. 28, 2023, in Los Angeles. A state appeals court ruled on Nov. 17, 2023, that the Department of Justice can share gun owners' personal information with researchers to study gun violence, overturning a lower court's decision that temporary halted the data sharing last year. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) FILE PHOTO
