A federal appeals court on Saturday put a temporary injunction on a California law that would bar most gun owners from carrying firearms in many public spaces, including banks, playgrounds and churches, from taking effect. on New Year’s Day.
The Dec. 20 order called the law, “sweeping, inconsistent with the Second Amendment, and blatantly defying the Supreme Court” after gun owners, the California Rifle & Pistol Association, the Second Amendment Foundation and Gun Owners of America.
U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney wrote in his Dec. 20 decision that the law, “makes nearly every public place in California a ‘sensitive area,’ effectively removing the Second Amendment rights of those who obey the law. law and specially qualified citizens to be armed and defend themselves in public.”
The law was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in September, and bans gun owners from carrying guns in 26 types of “sensitive” areas and will include permit holders. It also prevents owners from carrying concealed weapons into a privately owned business open to the public — such as a restaurant — unless the owner posts a sign allowing concealed guns.
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A customer shops at a gun store in Glendale, Calif. (Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty/File)
Saturday’s administrative stay on the Dec. 20 injunction by the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals will remain in place until another panel of judges from the same circuit decides whether a longer legal stay is necessary.
In June 2022, the US Supreme Court ruled against a similar law in New York that limited concealed carry, saying gun laws must be “consistent with the nation’s historic tradition of gun regulation.”
California Democrats say the new law follows a New York Supreme Court ruling.
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After the Dec. 20 decision, Chuck Michel, the president of the California Rifle and Pistol Association, said, “California’s progressive politicians refused to accept the Supreme Court’s order from [New York] Bruen case and trying every creative ploy they can think of to get around it. The Court saw the State’s gamble,” NPR reported.
California Secretary of State Rob Bonta said the state would appeal the decision on Dec. 20, and on Saturday afternoon Newsom responded to the appeals court’s decision.
“This decision will allow our common-sense gun laws to remain in place while we appeal the district court’s dangerous decision,” he said. “Californians strongly support efforts to ensure that places like hospitals, libraries and children’s playgrounds remain safe and gun-free.”
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Fox News Digital has reached out to the California Rifle & Gun Association for comment.
Reuters contributed to this report.
