The plaintiffs in the case, who are concealed carry permit holders and related organizations, asserted SB 2’s new “sensitive place” restrictions violate their Second Amendment rights and deprive them of their ability to defend themselves and their loved ones in public spaces.Ĭalifornia attorney general Rob Bonta argued that the Supreme Court has repeatedly recognized the state’s right to restrict carrying firearms in “sensitive places” and, after the injunction was issued, noted that the lawsuit did not challenge and the injunction did not block “sensitive place” designations regarding school zones, preschools, state or local public buildings, airports, or legislative offices. “SB2 turns nearly every public place in California into a “sensitive place,” effectively abolishing the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding and exceptionally qualified citizens to be armed and to defend themselves in public.” “SB2’s coverage is sweeping, repugnant to the Second Amendment, and openly defiant of the Supreme Court,' wrote Judge Cormac J.
