[JURIST] Gun rights advocates are allowed to publish personal
information, such as addresses and telephone numbers, of legislators who
voted in favor of California's recent gun control laws, a federal judge
ruled [opinion, PDF] Monday. Chief Judge Lawrence O'Neill of the
US District Court for the Eastern District of California [official website] issued a preliminary injunction against
California Government Code § 6254.21(c) [text, PDF], which is being challenged by the
Firearms Policy Coalition
[advocacy website]. The statute allows public officials to make a
written demand that their personal information not be displayed if they
are being threatened or fear for the safety. The court found that the
factors necessary to grant a preliminary injunction were present: "For
the foregoing reasons, the Court finds that Plaintiffs are likely to
succeed on their claims that § 6254.21(c) violates the First Amendment
as applied to them, and also violates the dormant Commerce Clause as
applied to Hoskins. The Court further finds that the remaining
preliminary injunction factors weigh in Plaintiffs' favor."
Gun control remains a
divisive issue [JURIST op-ed], according to
Allen Rostron [official profile] of the
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law [official website]. In February the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
ruled
[JURIST report] that Maryland's assault weapons ban is constitutional.
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh District earlier this month
overturned
Florida's 2011 Firearms Owners' Privacy Act (FOPA), also referred to as
the "Docs vs. Glocks" law. Also in February the US Senate
voted
[JURIST report] to reverse an Obama-era gun regulation that required
mental health information to be shared with the national gun background
check system. The New Hampshire House of Representatives
approved [JURIST report] a
bill [SB 12 text] that would repeal the law prohibiting state citizens from carrying concealed firearms without a permit.
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