A Supreme Court decision in June voided New York’s concealed carry law while also encouraging challenges to restrictions elsewhere — including California’s ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
That’s put Democrats who favor gun regulations on defense in a state that has been at the forefront on the issue for decades, and has the seventh-lowest rate of deaths from firearms.
“California is going to have a tough time in the coming years maintaining its current gun laws, much less enacting and defending new ones,” said Adam Winkler, a UCLA law professor specializing in gun policy.