Yesterday, Judge Cormac Carney of the Central District of California ruled emphatically against the state’s new “sensitive places” law in the case of May v. Bonta.
The ruling represents a massive victory in what has become a nationwide battle over such laws, with states like Hawaii and New Jersey promulgating similar restrictions. Judge Carney’s decision includes some very direct language eviscerating the state’s weak arguments.
““(T)he state may not unilaterally exercise that right and, thereby, interfere with the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens who seek to carry for self-defense outside of their own homes,” writes Judge Carney.
He goes on to make clear how the Second Amendment ought to be viewed: “But the Constitution, by design, recognizes that some rights are so important and sacrosanct that nothing short of a constitutional amendment may take them away. No one—not a federal judge, not a state governor or legislator, not even the President of the United States—is above the Constitution.”
In an interview with The Gun Guy, Joel Persinger, 2ALC President Chuck Michel talks over the significance of the ruling, the path forward to truly defeating the law, and how cases like Duncan v. Bonta will impact the ongoing fight over the proper methodology that should be used in applying Bruen.
2ALC will be supporting our friends at the California Rifle & Pistol Association, Gun Owners of California, Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation, and the Second Amendment Foundation through a coordinated amicus campaign. With “text, history, and tradition” now at the center of these cases, the importance of amicus briefs takes on a critical role in winning these cases.
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