A federal judge has blocked a far-reaching California law that would have banned carrying guns almost everywhere in public, including at places like churches and playgrounds.
U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney ripped into the law in his decision, saying that it violated the Second Amendment and openly defied the Supreme Court. The law would have heavily restricted anyone, even people with permits, from carrying in public. The California Rifle and Pistol Association (CRPA) sued to block the law after California Governor Gavin Newsom signed it in September.
Carney said the law was “sweeping, repugnant to the Second Amendment, and openly defiant of the Supreme Court.”
The judge, a George W. Bush appointee, also took aim at the law’s restrictions of permitted gun owners.
“Although the government may have some valid safety concerns, legislation regulating [concealed carry]…
