Last month, a federal judge temporarily blocked a newly signed California law that prohibits people from carrying firearms in nearly all public places.
“The law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in September was scheduled to take effect on January 1. It would have banned people from carrying concealed weapons in 26 places including public parks, playgrounds, churches, banks and zoos. The ban applies whether the person has a permit to carry a concealed weapon or not. The only exception will be for privately owned businesses that post signs saying people are allowed to bring guns into their workplace. The Associated Press reported last month.
US District Judge Cormac Carney of the Central District of California, a Bush appointee, agreed with the ban and issued a scathing statement.
Judge Carney called the law, signed into law by California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, “sweeping, repugnant to the Second Amendment and openly defying the Supreme Court.”
The law, which was scheduled to take effect on January 1, bans the use of weapons in 26 public places, including banks, zoos, churches and public parks. The law prohibited people with concealed carry permits from carrying firearms in prohibited places.
On Saturday, the Court of Appeal again prevented the law from taking effect.
“A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel reversed a temporary hold on a lower court injunction blocking the law. The hold was issued by a different Ninth Circuit panel and allowed the law to take effect on January 1,” ABC 7 reported.
“Saturday's decision maintains a ruling U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney issued on Dec. 20 banning the law. Carney said it violates the Second Amendment, and gun rights groups are likely to prevail in proving it is unconstitutional,” Carney said.
Newsom's office criticized the appeals court's decision as a “dangerous decision” that “puts the lives of Californians on the line.”
