Judge Temporarily Blocks California Firearms Law

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Facts

  • US District Judge Cormac Carney on Wednesday granted a preliminary injunction to block a California law that would ban carrying firearms in most public places.1
  • In his decision, Carney wrote the law is 'sweeping, repugnant to the Second Amendment, and openly defiant of the Supreme Court.'1
  • The law — which Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed in September and was supposed to take effect Jan. 1, 2024 — prohibited firearms in 26 locations, including public parks, public demonstrations and gatherings, amusement parks, churches, and 'any other privately owned commercial establishment' accessible to the public.2
  • Chuck Michel — president of the California Rifle and Pistol Association, which sued to block the law — called the law a 'creative ploy' to get around Supreme Court precedent on Second Amendment cases, but 'the Court saw through the State’s gambit.'3
  • California AG Rob Bonta announced the state plans to appeal, while Newsome used the judge’s word 'repugnant' to likewise describe the decision and added 'California will keep fighting' for stricter safety standards related to gun possession.4

Sources: 1Associated Press, 2USA Today, 3FOX News and 4CNN.

Narratives

  • Right narrative, as provided by PJ Media. Democrats are constantly trying to find ways around laws they don't like — even if that means writing new, unconstitutional laws. The Supreme Court in its Bruen decision set the standard gun laws have to meet to withstand a challenge, yet California still came out with a law that has a ludicrous amount of places lawful citizens can't carry their guns. Democrats seem to get a kick out of stifling freedom.
  • Democratic narrative, as provided by MSNBC. By every measure, polling shows overwhelming, bipartisan support among voters for limits on the types of guns that can be sold, who can possess a gun and where, and how one can purchase a gun. But because gun control doesn't influence who citizens vote for, Republicans ignore the desires of the electorate and continue to allow guns to proliferate and make the country less safe.

Predictions