California Concealed Carry Law Faces Federal Legal Battle

A federal court of appeal has suspended an injunction from US District Judge Cormac Carney that would stop California's law banning the concealed carry of firearms in public places from taking effect on 1 January. Judge Carney had deemed the law unconstitutional, stating that it violated the Second Amendment rights of citizens by turning nearly every public place in California into a 'sensitive place'. Despite this, the appeals court has now suspended the injunction pending a full appeal, meaning the law will come into force as planned next month.