The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked a California law that would have restricted carrying guns in public places.
The law, signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, faced opposition from the California Rifle and Pistol Association (CRPA) and was temporarily halted.
The law would have banned carrying guns in various public and private locations, but the court’s decision has put a hold on its implementation. (Trending: Clintons Scramble To Delete Embarrassing Photo, But Were Too Slow)
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Newsom’s office wrote, “This dangerous decision puts the lives of Californians on the line. We won’t stop working to defend our decades of progress on gun safety in our state.”
“The conceal carry in sensitive places portion of SB2 is not enforceable!” celebrated the CRPA.
U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney who called it “sweeping, repugnant to the Second Amendment, and openly defiant of the Supreme Court.”
“Although the government may have some valid safety concerns, legislation regulating [concealed carry] permitholders — the most responsible of law abiding citizens seeking to exercise their Second Amendment rights — seems an odd and misguided place to focus to address those safety concerns,” he continued.
“They have been through a vigorous vetting and training process following their application to carry a concealed handgun,” explained the judge.
“The challenged SB2 provisions unconstitutionally deprive this group of their constitutional right to carry a handgun in public for self-defense,” he concluded.
The full arguments on the law are expected to be heard in April. U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney had previously called the law “sweeping” and “repugnant to the Second Amendment.”
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