Judge Upholds California Ban On Carrying Guns In Public
LAPPL News Watch
September 2, 2020
A U.S. judge on Monday upheld California’s near-total ban on carrying
guns in public even as protests in other states have seen
counter-demonstrators armed with weapons.
U.S. District Judge Kimberly
Mueller denied a review of a 2017 federal appeals court decision that
upheld the law, which bans carrying concealed weapons in most urban
areas and permits open-carry of weapons only if someone believes that a
person is in immediate danger and law enforcement has failed to respond,
the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
However, Mueller also said gun
owners can proceed with a lawsuit against California over the ban while
awaiting a court hearing next month involving another open-carry ban in
Hawaii. An 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is
scheduled on Sept. 24 to consider a challenge to the law, which
effectively only permits police and security guards to openly carry
firearms.
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