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(CALIFORNIA GLOBE) – Despite being rebuked by the highest court in the land over gun control attempts, California Democrats are still trying to tell the people through dubious legislation that you can’t defend yourself with a firearm… or at least they will limit who can carry, and where you can carry.
The latest gun control legislation, Senate Bill 918 by Sen. Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge), appeared to be dead as it was placed on the suspense file in the Assembly Appropriations Committee August 3rd – until yesterday when it moved out with 32 pages of 185 new amendments.
The Supreme Court issued a critical decision in June striking down a New York gun law that puts unconstitutional restrictions on concealed carry of a gun out in public. And because this is the law of the land, California with its extremely restrictive gun laws was put on notice.
On behalf of Democratic California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Senate Bill 918 was introduced in February in anticipation of the Supreme Court decision.
“This strikes me as clearly unconstitutional under the First Amendment, even apart from the Second amendment,” UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh wrote at Reason.com about SB 918. “The government can’t restrict ordinary citizens’ actions—much less their constitutionally protected actions—based on the viewpoints that they express.”
“Senate Bill 918 seeks to remove the right to protect oneself and family by preventing law abiding citizens, regardless of their background, from being able to carry a firearm outside the home,” Rick Travis, Legislative Director of the California Rifle and Pistol Association told the Globe.
