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Federal judge blocks California law that would have banned carrying firearms in most public places
AP News ^ | December 20, 2023 | Christopher Weber

Posted on 12/20/2023 10:30:16 PM PST by Reno89519

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a California law that would have banned carrying firearms in most public places, ruling that it violates the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and deprives people of their ability to defend themselves and their loved ones.

The law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in September was set to take effect Jan. 1. It would have prohibited people from carrying concealed guns in 26 places including public parks and playgrounds, churches, banks and zoos. The ban would apply whether the person has a permit to carry a concealed weapon or not. One exception would be for privately owned businesses that put up signs saying people are allowed to bring guns on their premises.

U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney granted a preliminary injunction blocking the law, which he wrote was “sweeping, repugnant to the Second Amendment, and openly defiant of the Supreme Court.”

The court case against the law will proceed while the law is blocked. The judge wrote that gun rights groups are likely to succeed in proving it unconstitutional, meaning it would be permanently overturned.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: 80to0; banglist; california; cdcalifornia; chiefjudge; concealedcarry; cormaccarney; cormacjcarney; dubyajudge; gungrabbers; secondamendment; thousandsofgunlaws
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Another ruling in favor of the second amendment in California!
1 posted on 12/20/2023 10:30:16 PM PST by Reno89519
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To: Reno89519

I love the clarity of the article. Unusual for this topic by AP.


2 posted on 12/20/2023 10:34:47 PM PST by Reno89519 (It's war. No one murders and takes Americans hostage. Time to act. Declare war on Islamic Hamas.)
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To: Reno89519

If only CA had more Judges like Benitez and Cormac. So much of the damage done by the left has been through activist judges in our high courts.


3 posted on 12/20/2023 10:45:09 PM PST by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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Federal judge blocks California law that would have banned carrying firearms in most public places

If only some federal judge would block the rules behind California's ridiculous handgun roster and let Californians buy the same guns the rest of the country can get.
4 posted on 12/20/2023 11:27:12 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Reno89519
These guys are relieved to hear they won't have to keep their pieces at home.


5 posted on 12/21/2023 12:35:19 AM PST by Angelino97
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To: Angelino97

https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2023/12/19/armed-mom-gets-the-drop-on-home-invaders-n78554

“Armed Mom Gets the Drop on Home Invaders”


Meanwhile, in Wyoming, a mom grabbed a gun when home invaders threatened her family. The left wants the law-abiding to be the victims and the best way to do that is to make sure they are unarmed.


6 posted on 12/21/2023 3:15:09 AM PST by CFW (I will not comply!)
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California lefties do not really care about gun deaths or gun crimes. They just want to pass more gun laws to have a cudgel to use against conservatives.

Look how they treat one of their own likely supporters who was arrested for crimes involving a gun.

https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2023/12/01/california-teen-facing-thirty-years-on-gun-charges-walks-away-with-probation-n77931

“California Teen Facing Thirty Years on Gun Charges Walks Away With Probation”


7 posted on 12/21/2023 3:23:10 AM PST by CFW (I will not comply!)
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To: CFW

California lefties do not really care about gun deaths or gun crimes. They just want to pass more gun laws to have a cudgel to use against conservatives.

Look how they treat one of their own likely supporters who was arrested for crimes involving a gun.

https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2023/12/01/california-teen-facing-thirty-years-on-gun-charges-walks-away-with-probation-n77931

“California Teen Facing Thirty Years on Gun Charges Walks Away With Probation”


8 posted on 12/21/2023 3:31:32 AM PST by CFW (I will not comply!)
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To: Reno89519

A person does not need to be armed for self protection. Simply dial the emergency number and a cop will be there in a matter of several minutes. In the meantime, just dodge the perp’s bullets or barricade yourself in your home armed with a kitchen knife or baseball bat.


9 posted on 12/21/2023 4:58:05 AM PST by redfreedom (Joseph Stalin: "It does not mater how anyone votes, how votes are counted is what matters.")
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To: Reno89519

The lunatics in Maryland passed a similar law this year. It suffered the same fate when a judge who understand the Constitution overturned it.


10 posted on 12/21/2023 5:49:40 AM PST by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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11 posted on 12/21/2023 6:27:31 AM PST by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Angelino97

The amazing thing about that photo is that the subjects appear to be employing proper trigger finger discipline.


12 posted on 12/21/2023 6:38:48 AM PST by Disambiguator
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To: ETCM

Judge Carney also ruled that the idiotic “Unsafe” Handgun Act was unconstitutional in March 2023. Now at the 9th Circuit I believe.

He was also a pretty good wide receiver at UCLA in the 1980s.


13 posted on 12/21/2023 6:47:23 AM PST by chrisinoc
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

I remember 1982 when California proposed a handgun registration scheme(Prop 15) and ban law. It was guaranteed to pass! Handgun Control Inc was already drinking toasts to it’s passage.
When the voter spoke the law was defeated heavily!

https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_15,_Handgun_Ownership_and_Registration_Initiative_(1982)

Years later I heard that such a law later had been passed by the voters. I don’t remember that one!

Possible SUBTERFUGE as in 1989 when California proposed an unpopular AW ban then shelved the bill, released Pat Purdy from a mental institution, allowed him to buy guns, passing the waiting period, then he went and shot up the Stockton School yard killing several students and himself.
The bill was pulled out and passed before any opposition could be mounted against it.


14 posted on 12/21/2023 7:17:44 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Reno89519

I can’t believe it, in California?? I assume now the DemoMarxists will call for his removal from the bench?


15 posted on 12/21/2023 7:48:37 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: Angelino97

I wonder if Al Sharpton would get into an elevator with them late at night in Brownsville Brooklyn. If not wouldn’t that make him racist?


16 posted on 12/21/2023 7:54:28 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: Disambiguator

Yes! I noticed that too! And they aren’t holding the firearm sideways where it could jam if discharged. I applaud these gentlemen on their training.


17 posted on 12/21/2023 7:58:06 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: Angelino97

“These guys are relieved to hear they won’t have to keep their pieces at home.”

You support gun control?

Because those guys in that picture are far closer to my views on gun control than you apparently are.

Here’s the story that ran with the picture you’re misusing.

https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/inside-americas-crazy-gun-culture/news-story/3d5917dfd28a48ca4842d9e546c90f37?from=public_rss

And here’s a quote from one of the men in the picture:

“Everyone who has a gun is a patriot,” says Deuce. “We need guns to protect ourselves.”


18 posted on 12/21/2023 9:03:10 AM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: Reno89519
I love the clarity of the article. Unusual for this topic by AP.

Yet, it is missing the case name, so we can read the decision itself.

19 posted on 12/21/2023 9:03:29 AM PST by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: ETCM
Two examples:

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/02/the_law_that_never_was.html

and

https://www.allanfavish.com/index.php/illegal-immigration/127-coming-to-a-state-near-

20 posted on 12/21/2023 9:07:43 AM PST by AJFavish (www.allanfavish.com)
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