Federal judge temporarily blocks California gun law that bans concealed carry in most public places

On Wednesday, a federal judge temporarily blocked California from enacting a law barring permit holders from carrying firearms in numerous public places.

U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney of the Central District of California, appointed by former President George W. Bush, issued a temporary restraining order, preventing the law from taking effect on Jan. 1, The Associated Press . reported.

“The right to self-defense and the defense of the family is fundamental and inherent in our very humanity, regardless of any formal codification,” Carney wrote in his decision.

“For many years, the right to bear arms, and therefore necessarily the right to self-defense, was relegated to second-class status,” Carney added. “But the United States Supreme Court made it clear in its landmark decisions District of Columbia v. Heller, McDonald v. City of Chicago and New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Incorporated v. Bruen that the decline could no longer be afforded: individuals must be able to exercise their right to self-defense by carrying, if they so wish, weapons in a responsible manner.”

Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom of California signed SB2 into law on September 26, calling June 2022 decision in Bruen “a perversion”. The legislation contains a lot restrictions where holders of a concealed weapons permit may carry firearms.

“SB2's coverage is broad, repugnant to the Second Amendment, and openly defiant of the Supreme Court,” Carney wrote.

“The law designates twenty-six categories of places, such as hospitals, public transportation, places where alcoholic beverages are sold for on-site consumption, playgrounds, parks, casinos, stadiums, libraries, amusement parks, zoos, places of worship and banks. as 'sensitive places' where concealed carry permit holders cannot carry their handguns,” Carney added. “SB2 makes nearly every public place in California a 'sensitive place,' effectively abolishing the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding and exceptionally qualified citizens to arm and defend themselves in public.”

Newsom proposed a 28th Amendment to the US Constitution in June that would enshrine some of California's strict gun laws in the document, including a ban on certain semi-automatic firearms, a waiting period and universal background checks.

Newsom did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.

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