Tomorrow
@slowdowncounsel and I are heading to federal court in May v. Bonta on behalf of
@CRPAnews,
@2AFDN,
@GunOwners @GunFoundation,
@GunOwnersCA,
@liberalgunclub, and all our individual plaintiffs. We will try and get as many of SB2's sensitive places preliminarily enjoined as we can.
We challenge the vampire rule as well as the more specific restrictions on carrying in parks and playgrounds, public transportation, libraries, places that serve alcohol, medical facilities, churches, banks, and certain local government buildings. We also challenge all provisions that claim parking lots as sensitive places.
@gunpolicy's case is coordinated with ours and will share the same hearing. They challenge many of the same places we do, but also challenge restrictions on carrying in public gatherings, casinos, stadiums, amusement parks, zoos, and museums. Between the two of our cases then, we really have a chance here to defang this law, which from its inception was openly intended to undermine Bruen. Hell, Newsom and Co. even bragged about that in their February press conference announcing SB2.
Judge Carney certainly seemed to value the Second Amendment earlier this year in Boland. We hope he'll agree with us again this time, and stop most of SB2's sensitive places provisions from ever taking effect. If it becomes operative as written, the right to carry is effectively dead.
Fortunately, no court so far has upheld the vampire rule, not even the Second Circuit in its otherwise terrible ruling. And the district courts are mostly on our side for most of the rest of the places we challenge as well.
We have incredible allies in this case, including PORAC, the biggest law enforcement organization in California (PORAC also supported us in Boland).
Hawaii's version of SB2 was enjoined by an Obama-appointed judge back in August, and that injunction remains in effect as neither the judge nor the Ninth Circuit ever stayed it. With any luck, Judge Carney will follow that lead.
While we may see the way the wind is blowing tomorrow, we won't necessarily get a ruling right away. Fingers crossed that Judge Carney gets a ruling to us before the New Year so SB2 does not go into effect, at least as to the portions he agrees with us on.