Democrats send Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill to restrict who can obtain a concealed-carry permit in California, teeing up a possible Supreme Court fight.
A year after Democratic infighting tanked a high-profile gun-control bill in Sacramento, California lawmakers successfully approved legislation on Tuesday to limit who can carry firearms in public, setting up a likely legal challenge that could reach the Supreme Court.
Senate Bill 2 is one of a handful of major gun-control measures introduced this year. Its passage follows the Legislature’s recent approval of a historic bill to impose an 11% tax on dealers and manufacturers for sales of guns and ammunition. SB 2 aims to balance compliance with the Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn. vs. Bruen with stringent limitations on who can obtain a concealed-carry permit in California.
Gun owners in New York successfully argued that the state’s “proper cause” requirement to earn a permit, like for self defense, was a 2nd Amendment violation. The decision immediately invalidated California’s similar “good cause” standard as unlawful. The bill also maintains rigorous application requirements for licensing authorities, mainly county sheriffs, to determine whether someone is a “disqualified person” from obtaining a permit, a term that opponents to SB 2 see as another subjective term that wouldn’t pass constitutional muster.
Republicans blasted the bill as a misguided and discriminatory effort by Democrats to blame lawful firearm owners for gun violence in California.
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