A US appeals court Saturday paved the way for a California law banning the concealed carry of firearms in “sensitive places” to go into effect January 1, despite a federal judge’s ruling that it is “repugnant to the Second Amendment.”

The law – Senate Bill 2 – had been blocked last week by an injunction from District Judge Cormac Carney, but a three-judge panel filed an order Saturday temporarily blocking that injunction, clearing the path for the law to take effect.

The court issued an administrative stay, meaning the appeals judges did not consider the merits of the case, but delayed the judge’s order to give the court more time to consider the arguments of both sides. “In granting an administrative stay, we do not intend to constrain the merits panel’s consideration of the merits of these appeals in any way,” the judges wrote.

  • GiddyGap@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    Good story, thanks for sharing.

    But the fact of the matter is that, in situations like this, guns are really only needed because everyone else could have guns. There’s a perpetual threat of gun violence. That’s what makes the US such an unsafe country for kids and adults alike. People in other developed countries don’t have to think this way when they go camping and I’m very jealous of that.