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CALIFORNIA’S BAN ON GUNS IN MOST PUBLIC PLACES IS BLOCKED AGAIN

By Colbi Edmonds

Jan. 7, 2024
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THE NEWS

California is barred again from enforcing its ban on guns in most public places
after a federal appeals court ruled on Saturday that a lower court’s block on
the ban should stand.


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People waiting to enter a gun store in Culver City, Calif., in
2020.Credit...Ringo H.W. Chiu/Associated Press



LEGAL BACK AND FORTH

The case centers on Senate Bill 2, a state law that sets several restrictions on
gun ownership, most notably a ban on firearms in a long list of public places.

Since the ban was introduced, there has been a lot of back and forth over
whether the law, which took effect on Jan. 1, could be enforced. After
concealed-carry permit holders and other gun-rights organizations sued the
state, arguing that the law was unconstitutional, Judge Cormac J. Carney of the
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California blocked enforcement
of the law, on Dec. 20.

Judge Carney said at the time that the ban would unconstitutionally “deprive”
citizens of their right to bear arms. He granted a preliminary injunction on the
law, saying it was “repugnant to the Second Amendment, and openly defiant of the
Supreme Court.”

Just last weekend, on Dec. 30, a panel of judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Circuit put the injunction on hold, clearing the way for the law
to take effect. But on Saturday, a different set of Ninth Circuit judges
dissolved that ruling, reinstating the lower court’s injunction.


BACKGROUND ON THE LAW

Gov. Gavin Newsom, Democrat of California, signed Senate Bill 2 into law shortly
after it was introduced in September.

Under the law, guns are banned in public places, which are divided into 26
categories with various locations, including playgrounds, public transportation,
stadiums, amusement parks and museums.

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