OAN's Elizabeth Bolbelding
2:10pm – Sunday, January 7, 2024
A recent California law banning the carrying of firearms in most public places has once again been blocked from taking effect as a court battle continues to challenge the law.
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Saturday, 9amth A panel of the Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a stay on a lower court's injunction blocking the law.
In mid-December, a federal district judge temporarily blocked the California law, which was scheduled to go into effect on January 1.cent.
And on December 30ththa federal appeals court reversed a district judge's decision and allowed the law to take effect on New Year's Day amid an intense legal battle.
But on Saturday, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that 9th The circuit court lifted the injunction and reinstated the district judge's decision to place a legislative injunction.
The law, signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom in September, prohibits carrying concealed weapons in 26 locations, including zoos, churches, playgrounds and parks.
The ban is in effect regardless of whether the person has a concealed weapons permit. One exception is privately owned businesses that post signs stating that firearms are allowed on their premises.
On Saturday evening, Daniel Villaseñor, press secretary for Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.), issued a statement regarding the law.
“This ruling is a dangerous decision that puts the lives of Californians at risk. We will not stop working to protect decades of progress on gun safety in our state,” Villaseñor said.
9 in Aprilth The circuit board will hear arguments in the case.
The law was challenged in court by the California Rifle and Pistol Association. A preliminary injunction blocking this was granted on December 20th.th U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney said the law was “drastic, antithetical to the Second Amendment, and openly defiant to the Supreme Court.”
Additionally, Carney said gun rights groups will likely succeed in ruling the bill unconstitutional, which would mean it would be permanently overturned.
This law changed California's concealed carry permit regulations following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, which caused several states to struggle with enacting their own laws.
According to the ruling, the test for determining whether gun restrictions are constitutional should be whether they are “consistent with this nation's historic gun control traditions.”
Chuck Michel, president of the California Pistol and Rifle Association, said in a statement before Saturday's ruling that under the law, “gun permit holders may drive into town unless they violate the law by passing through prohibited areas. You can't cross it.”
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