Constitutional Law
Dec. 22, 2023
State to appeal injunction on more concealed carry limits
“If allowed to stand, this decision would endanger communities by allowing guns in places where families and children gather. Guns in sensitive public places do not make our communities safer, but rather the opposite,” Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement.
U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney
Attorney General Rob Bonta said he would appeal a ruling by a federal judge in Santa Ana that enjoined him from enforcing a law to make it tougher to obtain concealed carry permits and prohibit handguns in certain public areas.
U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney, an appointee of President George W. Bush, issued a preliminary injunction Wednesday afternoon, a few hours after hearing oral arguments among attorneys for gun rights groups and...