Gun Owners of America & Gun Owners Foundation File Second Lawsuit Taking On California’s Unconstitutional Gun Grab
Jose Nino
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On December 4, 2023, Gun Owners of America (GOA) and the Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) teamed up with Gun Owners of California (GOC) and multiple other plaintiffs in filing a second lawsuit taking on California’s concealed carry laws.
The state’s latest changes to its unconstitutional concealed carry policies were passed as a response to the Bruen Supreme Court decision. This decision got rid of California’s draconian “may-issue” policy. GOA noted that, SB 2 would also do the following:
- Enact highly restrictive “sensitive locations” where concealed carrying would be prohibited, including all private property unless expressly permitted by the owner;
- Require 16 hours of training;
- Allow local authorities to require a psychiatric evaluation;
- And significantly increase the costs associated with securing a permit.
Back September, GOA and GOF filed their first joint lawsuit against the law, which specifically took on the stringent “sensitive location” bans. Today’s lawsuit challenges the psychiatric test, excessive fees, and long wait times currently imposed by multiple local police departments on law-abiding Californians attempting to obtain a permit.
On top of that, the lawsuit confronts the fact that non-residents have no way of legally concealed carrying in California, due to how there is no reciprocity for other state permits. On top of that, there is no means for non-residents to obtain a California issued permit.
Erich Pratt, GOA’s Senior Vice President, publishing the following statement calling out the California ruling class anti-gun measures:
“Governor Newsom isn’t shy about his hostility towards the right to keep and bear arms, having gone so far as to propose major changes via a Constitutional Amendment. Americans don’t support that, just like they don’t support handcuffing law-abiding citizens who simply want to protect themselves in the ever more dangerous world we live in. While the Governor wouldn’t admit it, that danger is most obvious in major metro-centers like LA and San Francisco, where he has utterly failed to reduce crime.”
Sam Paredes, the Executive Director of Gun Owners of California, continued by noting:
“Laws like SB2 only further embolden criminals in California, and the delays, fees, and psychiatric requirements imposed by local authorities are a blatant assault on one’s constitutional rights, as a right delayed is a right denied.”
The sad reality is that in states like California it’s virtually impossible for the Right to pursue pro-gun policies via legislative means. In turn, they will have to use litigation to roll back gun control. That’s how politics is breaking down in blue jurisdictions these days.
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