Judge upholds California ban on carrying guns in public
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Judge upholds California ban on carrying guns in public
September 1, 2020
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) A U.S. judge on Monday upheld Californias 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. Any ruling is at least several months away but it would be binding in nine states, including California.
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Link to order (pdf)
https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.caed.353395/gov.uscourts.caed.353395.33.0.pdf