From CalMatters political reporter FromBenC: The California Legislature has been a fountain of some of the strictest gun laws in the country. But Senate Bill 918 was evidently a bridge too far.
In the final hours of the session, lawmakers failed to pass a bill that would have rewritten state regulations on who can get a license to carry a concealed handgun and where they can go while armed. The measure, authored by Attorney General Rob Bonta, was introduced by Democratic state Sen. Anthony Portantino of Glendale shortly after thegiving local law enforcement wide discretion over who gets a license.
Although the Legislature is often receptive to laws placing new restrictions on firearms, this bill failed after stalling numerous times in the Assembly — in part because it was written to go into effect immediately, therefore requiring the support of two-thirds of members in both chambers.
Ken Cooley from Rancho Cordova and Rudy Salas from Bakersfield. Another five Democrats abstained. Bonta was at the Capitol Wednesday nightSupporters said the bill complied with the letter of the Supreme Court’s ruling without abdicating the state’s role in preserving public safety. Opponents said it amounted to a legislative middle finger aimed at the nation’s highest court.
Though the ruling prohibited states from leaving the choice of who should get a license to the whims of a licensing officer, the opinion written by Justice Clarence Thomas did allow for “objective” standards and the creation of gun-free “sensitive” places.Applicants would have to be 21 years old, could not have been under a recent restraining order and must have three “character references.”The bill was fiercely opposed by gun rights advocates and state sheriffs.
Wiener said Wednesday that he was tabling the bill because he didn’t “see a viable path for those final few votes” necessary to ensure its passage.
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