CPRC puts in Amicus brief in 9th Circuit case Banning Concealed Carry in Most of California
The Crime Prevention Research Association joined with the Peace Officers Research Association of California, the California State Sheriffs’ Association, and the California Association of Highway Patrolmen in an Amicus brief on California’s new law designating almost the entire state as a “sensitive place.” The CPRC was largely or completely responsible from sections B through F in the brief.
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This is from the conclusion of our brief:
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This appeal presents this Court with an opportunity to affirm the supremacy of the U.S. Constitution and U.S. Supreme Court’s application of citizen’s Constitutional rights over the State Legislature’s overt disobedience of Bruen. Bruen unequivocally disapproved of overbroad sensitive places definitions, such as those enacted by S.B. 2, which are incompatible with our historical traditions of regulating the carrying of firearms. Nonsensically, this law targets law-abiding citizens as a symbolic rebuke of Bruen, while the Attorney General and elected officials openly condone the wide-spread non-enforcement of effective firearm laws that enhance penalties for gun violence.
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These S.B. 2 restrictions will increase violent crime, as criminals will continue to violate California’s carry laws knowing they create defenseless targets and that they are not likely to face significant consequences for doing so, particularly in Los Angeles and the Bay Area.
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S.B. 2 will divert scarce law enforcement resources towards enforcing this ineffective law. It strips CCW permit holders of their constitutional right to carry a handgun for self-defense and erodes public safety. Thus, Amici respectfully request this Court affirm the trial court’s granting of Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction.
