A federal judge has blocked a California law that prohibits carrying firearms in most public places, ruling that it violates the Second Amendment and denies those with legal firearms a way to defend themselves and their loved ones.
A federal judge has blocked a California law that prohibits carrying firearms in most public places, ruling that it violates the Second Amendment and denies those with legal firearms a way to defend themselves and their loved ones.
U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney of the Central District of California, a George W. Bush appointee, issued a preliminary injunction against the law, which was set to go into effect on Jan. 1. The judge wrote that the measure is “sweeping, repugnant to the Second Amendment, and openly defiant of the Supreme Court.”
The court case will continue while the law is prohibited from taking effect.
The law was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, in September. It bans people from carrying concealed firearms in 26 places, including public parks, playgrounds, churches, banks, zoos “and any other privately owned commercial establishment that is open to the public” unless the proprietor explicitly allows on-property carry.
