A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a California law that would have banned carrying firearms in most public places, ruling that it violates the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and deprives people of their ability to defend themselves and their loved ones.

The law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in September was set to take effect Jan. 1. It would have prohibited people from carrying concealed guns in 26 places including public parks and playgrounds, churches, banks and zoos. The ban would apply whether the person has a permit to carry a concealed weapon or not. One exception would be for privately owned businesses that put up signs saying people are allowed to bring guns on their premises.

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[–] 45 points 2 years ago* (9 children)

The US is so fucking dumb.

Let's make murdering someone as easy as pointing and clicking, can't be any consequences from that!

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    America was founded by guns and it is chock full of them. There is no way to put that genie back in the bottle.

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  • [–] 39 points 2 years ago* (35 children)

    There literally is, it's called a constitutional amendment and they've been enacted many times before.

    Of course, there's not the political will for it, because, like I said, The US is so fucking dumb.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    "Hey guys, they passed a constitutional amendment. We better turn all our guns in."

    -Like 4 Americans

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago*

    Guns wouldn’t disappear overnight ofc. But make owning guns illegal, arrest people who own them and create buyback programs. It might take some time. It might be super fast.

    But you know what for sure wouldn’t solve anything? Doing nothing.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Australia did it and it worked pretty well for them. You just make gun ownership illegal, ask for them back in a reasonable timeframe, and then tell the cops to stop murdering unarmed black people for a minute to go chase down the rest of the guns that weren’t turned in at the end of the process. Then when youre done, you disincentivize bad actors by ramping up the penalties for gun possession significantly, and actually enforce those laws.

    It’s not hard, just needs to be done.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Sure there is. It's easy.

    Just start giving black people guns.

    The so-called second amendment absolutists will be calling for draconian gun control measures within a week.

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    [–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I think it's sad how you Americans have to defend themselves with a gun while police won't do real shit.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I think it's great that we Americans have the right to effective self defense, because our police are mostly worthless. It sure would suck worse to not have the right to effective self defense AND have worthless police.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    i like guns but don't a bunch of other states have bans like this? how could it be unconstitutional in Cali but not in the other states that have had laws like this for years

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The CA law went further than other states. It for example it included most places as sensitive places (including random things like gas stations that sell lottery tickets) and required businesses to post a sign to allow people to carry on their premises.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Not wanting to die from an ectopic pregnancy = not found in the Bill of Rights

    Wanting to carry around a machine whose only task is murder = covered in the Bill of Rights

    Makes perfect sense

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Settler-colonial white supremacist patriarchal society founding a country didn’t care about rights of women, but they did care about ensuring the settlers would be armed for their planned displacement and genocide of the indigenous population across the rest of the continent.

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