‘Do we have enumerated rights or don’t we’: NorCal man expands on his California open carry lawsuit
A Northern California man’s lawsuit upends California’s open carry ban in large counties
SENSE OF THE MONEY THE STATE IS WORKING WITH TOMORROW. A MAN’S FIGHT OVER CALIFORNIA’S OPEN CARRY GUN LAWS LED TO A LANDMARK DECISION. A FEDERAL COURT RULED THAT CALIFORNIA CANNOT BAN ITS CITIZENS FROM OPENLY CARRYING GUNS IN PUBLIC. KCRA 3’S CORTEZ EXPLAINS WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE FUTURE OF CALIFORNIA’S GUN LAWS THAT SOUND, AND WHETHER CALIFORNIANS CAN LEGALLY CARRY A FIREARM IN PUBLIC. NOW AT THE CENTER OF A LAWSUIT BY ONE MAN WHO SAYS THE STATE SHUT HIM OUT. MY QUESTION IS TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND TO THE COURT. DO WE HAVE ENUMERATED RIGHTS OR DON’T WE? MARK BAIRD OF SISKIYOU COUNTY SUED ROB BONTA IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ARGUING THE BAN ON OPENLY CARRYING FIREARMS IN LARGE COUNTIES VIOLATES THE SECOND AMENDMENT. I APPLIED FOR AN OPEN CARRY PERMIT IN SISKIYOU COUNTY BECAUSE OUR SHERIFF WANTED ALL DEPUTIES TO BE ARMED AT ALL TIMES. THE ONLY ISSUE IS THERE WAS NEVER AN APPLICATION. AND WHILE TECHNICALLY COUNTIES WITH A POPULATION LESS THAN 200,000 ARE ALLOWED TO OPENLY CARRY. BAIRD SAYS WITHOUT A PROCESS, THE STATE WAS ULTIMATELY BLOCKING OPEN CARRY FOR CALIFORNIANS. IF YOU ARE A LAWFUL INDIVIDUAL AND YOU POSSESS A WEAPON FOR THE PEACEFUL PURPOSE OF SELF DEFENSE, THAT’S THAT’S JUST UNREMARKABLE TO ME. AND SO WHEN THE STATE DECLARES ALL THE CITIZENS OF CALIFORNIA AS CRIMINALS, UNLESS THEY PROVE OTHERWISE, THAT SEEMS LIKE GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT TO ME. AND THAT’S NOT WITHIN THE LAWFUL JURISDICTION OF A GOVERNMENT. CALIFORNIA’S RESTRICTIONS DATE BACK AS FAR AS 1967, WHEN THEN REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN BANNED PEOPLE FROM CARRYING LOADED FIREARMS, FOLLOWED BY A BAN IN 2012 BY FORMER DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN. DECADES LATER, A FEDERAL COURT’S DECISION HAS STRUCK DOWN THE BAN, CALLING INTO QUESTION WHETHER CALIFORNIANS CAN BE DENIED THIS RIGHT. THEY SAID THAT OPEN CARRY HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN REGULATED, AND THAT THE U.S. SUPREME COURT HAS SAID THAT THOSE TYPES OF REGULATIONS WOULD BE IMPROPER. THE RULING DOES NOT ELIMINATE ALL GUN RESTRICTIONS. LICENSING RULES IN SMALLER COUNTIES STILL REMAIN. MARK, ARE YOU PREPARED TO TAKE THIS ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT? YES. I WILL NEVER QUIT. I WILL NEVER STOP. I WILL NEVER RETREAT. WE HAVE LIBERTY. THE STATE KNOWS IT, I KNOW IT. CONSIDERING THE CURRENT MAKEUP OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT AND ITS SIX THREE CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY, IT WOULDN’T SURPRISE ME IF THIS DECISION WERE UPHELD. MEANING ULTIMATELY, THAT THIS PROHIBITION WOULD BE STRUCK DOWN IN SACRAMENTO AND CORTEZ. KCRA THREE NEWS. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE IS STILL DECIDING HOW THEY’LL MOVE FORWARD IN THIS CASE. NOW TO OUR CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE COVERAGE. AI IS SPEEDING UP THE REBUILDING PROCESS FOR FIRE RAVAGED COMMUNITIES. SANTA ROSA, AS YOU’LL REMEMBER, WAS DEVASTATED BY THE TUBBS FIRE. THAT WAS IN 2017. WELL, ROBOTS ARE NOW DEPLOYED THERE TO CONSTRUCT FIRE RESISTANT HOMES IN A FRACTION OF THE TIME. A SAN FRANCISCO BASED COMPANY CALLED COSMIC IS USING AI TO BUILD THE FRAMING, THE FLOORS AND THE ROOF PANELS. THE FOUNDER, HOPING TO USE THE SAME TECHNOLOGY TO HELP PEOPLE AFTER THE PALISADES AND EATON FIRES AND ADDRESS A NATIONWIDE HOUSING SHORTAGE, CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY HAS BEEN BATTLING THE ISSUE WITH THE LABOR SHORTAGE FOR FOR DECADES. AND YOU KNOW, WE RIGHT NOW ARE HAVING A DEMAND OF BUILDING A 9 MILLION HOMES IN US IN ORDER TO FILL THE GAP ON THE HOUSING MARKET. AND WE DON’T HAVE PEOPLE TO BUILD THOSE HOMES. WELL, RIGHT NOW, THIS HOME IN SANTA ROSA IS THE FIRST SINGLE FAMILY HOME BUILT USING THIS AI TECHNOLOGY. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HOUR, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE RECOVERY IN LA AFTER THE EATON AND PALISADES FIRES. KCRA 3’S ANDREA FLORES RETURNED TO CHECK IN WITH THE SURVIVORS. WE MET A YEAR AGO. WE LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED AS THEY NAVIGATE THE INSURANCE PROCESS. AND WHAT DO THEY WANT YOU TO KNOW? ANDREA FLORES HAS OUR KCRA THREE SPECIAL REBUILDING HOPE TONIGHT AT 730. ASTRONAUTS ON THE SPACE STATION ARE NOW COMING HOME EARLY. NEXT, WE’LL EXPLAIN WHY NASA JUST CUT THEIR MISSION SHORT. AND THE WINDS ARE GOING TO BE TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. BUT THAT MEANS TEMPERATURES TOMORROW MORNING WILL BE RUNNING COOLER. WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT JUST HOW COLD IT’S GOING TO GET COMING UP. A WISCONSIN MAN PLEADED GUILTY TODAY TO KILLING HIS MOTHER AND STEPFATHER. NOW HE’S ACCUSED OF MURDERING THEM FOR MONEY TO FUND A PLOT TO KILL THE PRESIDENT. PROSECUTORS SAY NIKITA KASSAB LIVED WITH THEIR DECOMPOSING BODIES FOR WEEKS LAST YEAR BEFORE TAKING OFF IN A STEPDADS SUV WITH $14,000 IN CASH, JEWELRY, A GUN AND THE FAMILY DOG. THE 17 YEAR OLD WAS ARRESTED IN KANSAS IN A SEARCH WARRANT. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE WROTE A MANIFESTO AND PLANNED TO KILL PRESIDENT TRUMP AND OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT. IN A PLEA DEAL, HE FACES TWO MANDATORY LIFE SENTENCES. NEW WATER BARRIERS ARE NOW BEING INSTALLED BY U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER. ACCORDING TO HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM, THEY WILL PUT UP 500 MILES OF THOSE BARRIERS. THE FLOATING BOYS ARE 4 TO 5FT IN DIAMETER AND UP TO 15FT LONG. NOEM SAYS THEY ARE MEANT TO DETER ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND DRUG TRAFFICKING ACTIVITY ACROSS THE RIVER. THOSE BARRIERS AND THESE ONES BEHIND ME ARE GOING TO SAVE OUR LIVES AND GOING TO SAVE ILLEGAL ALIEN LIVES WILL HELP STOP THE DRUG TRAFFICKING. THAT’S DEVASTATING. OUR NEXT GENERATION OF AMERICANS. AND IT WILL ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE’RE STOPPING THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING THAT WE’VE SEEN FOR SO MANY YEARS. ACCORDING TO NOEM. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE BEING APPREHENDED IN ILLEGAL CROSSINGS DROPPED BY 95% LAST YEAR. NEW DESIGN DETAILS FOR PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM PROJECT WERE REVEALED IN A PUBLIC HEARING TODAY. THE ARCHITECT SAYS IT WILL BE 20,000FT WITH 40 FOOT CEILINGS. THE CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO TAKE YEARS. IN ADDITION, THE NEW EAST WING WILL MATCH THE HEIGHT OF THE MAIN WHITE HOUSE BUILDING, AND THERE’S ALSO A PLAN TO BUILD AN ADDITION TO THE WEST WING IN THE FUTURE. THE THIRD LONGEST RUNNING HOUSE MEMBER ANNOUNCED TODAY HE IS RETIRING DEMOCRAT STENY HOYER REPRESENTS MARYLAND AT 86 YEARS OLD. HE SAYS HE DECIDED TO RETIRE FROM HIS DECADES IN PUBLIC SERVICE AFTER SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY OVER THE HOLIDAYS. I WON ELECTIONS AND LOST A COUPLE, CELEBRATED TRIUMPHS AND SUFFERED SETBACKS, ENJOYED FRIENDSHIPS AND ENDURED HARDSHIPS. AS THE SONG SAYS, SOME DAYS ARE DIAMONDS, SOME DAYS ARE STONE. BEFORE SERVING IN THE U.S. HOUSE, HOYER SPENT MORE THAN TEN YEARS IN THE MARYLAND STATE SENATE. THE CREW OF THE SPACE STATION, THEY’RE HEADING HOME EARLIER THAN PLANNED. NASA IS CUTTING THEIR MISSION SHORT BECAUSE OF A MEDICAL ISSUE. THE CREW OF FOUR ARE NOW PREPARING TO RETURN TO EARTH. NASA HAS NOT IDENTIFIED WHICH ASTRONAUT IS HAVING A HEALTH PROBLEM OR INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR MEDICAL ISSUE, CITING PATIENT PRIVACY. NASA SAYS THE ASTRONAUT IS STABLE. WE DO NOT KNOW WHEN THE CREW WILL COME HOME, BUT THE CREW IS EXPECTED TO HEAD TO THE SPACE STATION NEXT MONTH. THIS YEAR, YOU COULD GET YOUR TAX REFUND A LITTLE EARLIER THAN USUAL. THE IRS WILL START TAKING TAX RETURNS ON JANUARY 26TH, AND THAT MEANS YOU COULD GET YOUR REFUND A LITTLE SOONER IF YOU OWE, OR IF YOU DON’T NEED YOUR REFUND RIGHT AWAY. YOU STILL HAVE UNTIL APRIL 15TH TO FILE. THERE ARE SEVERAL CHANGES TO THE TAX CODE THIS YEAR. YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE HIGHER STANDARD AND STATE AND LOCAL TAX DEDUCTIONS. THERE ARE ALSO SOME NEW TAX BREAKS FOR SENIORS, AS WELL AS FOR TIPS AND OVERTIME INCOME. YOU CAN HELP PEOPLE WHO DEPEND ON LIFE SAVING TREATMENTS BY DONATING BLOOD. THIS WEEK, WE’VE TEAMED UP WITH VITALANT FOR OUR 2026 KCRA BLOOD DRIVE FOR LIFE. BLOOD DONATIONS HELP ALL KINDS OF PATIENTS, FROM THOSE BATTLING CANCER TO THOSE WHO HAVE CRITICAL INJURIES BY TALENT, SAYS DONATIONS TEND TO SLOW IN THE WINTER MONTHS, BUT THE NEED IT REMAINS THE SAME. IT’S A IT’S VERY PAINLESS AND EVERYBODY’S REALLY, REALLY FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL. WELL, I’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO IT AND WE SAW THIS ON TV AND IT’S BEEN I WAS TELLING THE OTHER LADY A REALLY HARD YEAR FOR US, AND WE WANTED TO FEEL LIKE WE WERE DOING SOMETHING WELL. YOU STILL HAVE A CHANCE TO DONATE AT SIERRA COLLEGE TOMORROW FROM TEN IN THE MORNING TO FIVE IN THE AFTERNOON OR SATURDAY FROM 9 TO 3. OR YOU CAN DONATE AT THE SCOTTISH RITE MASONIC CENTER IN SACRAMENTO TOMORROW FROM TEN IN THE MORNING TO FIVE. GO TO VITALANT DOT SLASH KCRA TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT, OR JUST SCAN THE QR CODE RIGHT THERE ON YOUR SCREEN. NOW TO OUR KCRA 3 WEATHER COVERAGE AND YOU’RE LOOKING LIVE AT THE CALTRANS CAMERA ON I-80. THIS IS AT DONNER LAKE ROAD. YOU CAN SEE SNOW PILED UP THERE ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. LET’S GET TO OUR METEOROLOGIST DIRK VERDOORN FOR WHAT’S AHEAD FOR THE VALLEY AND THE MOUNTAINS. YEAH. THIS TIME LAST NIGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT CHAIN CONTROLS AND THE SNOW IN THE SIERRA. AND NOW CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED QUITE A BIT. DRIED OUT WITH THE NORTH WIND. WIND STILL BLOWING AS WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK HERE FROM OUR STOCKTON HAMMER LANE NEAR HAMMER LANE SKY CAMERA THERE, THE VIEW SHOWING THE WIND TEMPERATURES AGAIN. IT’S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT SLOWER PROCESS COOLING DOWN BECAUSE OF THE WIND, BUT AS THE WIND TAPERS OFF TONIGHT, THOSE TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DROP OFF. LAKE TAHOE CURRENTLY AT 19 DEGREES, WHILE ELSEWHERE IN THE VALLEY WE’RE RANGING IN THE UPPER 40S TODAY HAD A DAYTIME HIGH OF 55 DEGREES, WHICH IS RIGHT THERE ON TRACK WITH WHAT WE TYPICALLY SEE THIS TIME OF YEAR. IN OUR MORNING LOW TEMPERATURE OF 38 DEGREES. ALSO PRETTY CLOSE RECORD TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE, 69 DEGREES, SET BACK IN 1990. SO WHAT’S GOING ON? WHAT ARE OUR WEATHER HEADLINES? WELL, TONIGHT THE NORTH WIND IS GOING TO BE DECREASING OVERNIGHT. AGAIN. WE EXPECT TO HAVE TEMPERATURES THAT WILL BE DROPPING OFF MORE TO THE MID TO LOWER 30S. SO IT’S GOING TO BE A COLDER START TOMORROW MORNING AND SATURDAY MORNING. AND THEN WE’RE LOOKING AT THE WIND AS IT DECREASES. WE’RE GOING TO SEE THE CHANCE FOR SOME FOG INCREASING AS WE GO THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND ON INTO NEXT WEEK. SO CURRENT WINDS, WE DO HAVE THAT NORTH BREEZE. AND THIS IS GOING TO KEEP THE FOG AWAY AS LONG AS THOSE NORTH WINDS AROUND, IT’S GOING TO REALLY DRY THINGS OUT. EVEN OVERNIGHT. WIND SPEEDS ANYWHERE FROM 13 TO 16MPH IN THE VALLEY. 13 MILE AN HOUR WIND IN PLACERVILLE. BUT ELSEWHERE IT’S LOOKING PRETTY LIGHT INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND ON INTO THE SIERRA SACRAMENTO STILL RECORDING WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 25MPH IN PLACERVILLE HAS WIND GUSTS UP TO 20MPH, SO KIND OF WIND BETWEEN WEATHER SYSTEMS. WE HAVE AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT’S MOVING OFF NOW TO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION, WHERE THERE’S SOME SNOW IN PLACES LIKE COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA AND UTAH. HIGH PRESSURE IS TO OUR WEST. AND SO IN BETWEEN WE GET THAT NORTHERLY FLOW. AND THAT’S WHAT WE HAVE THE NORTH WINDS. NOW AS THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES OUT, HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN. THE WINDS ARE GOING TO DIE DOWN AND THE CHANCE FOR THE FOG IS GOING TO INCREASE. SO WE’RE NOT GOING TO SEE IT TOMORROW EVEN THOUGH THE RIDGE IS MOVING IN. THAT WILL HELP TO KEEP OUR TEMPERATURES ABOUT THE SAME AS TODAY. AND THEN WE’LL LOOK AT TEMPERATURES MAYBE WARMING UP A DEGREE OR TWO AS WE GET INTO SATURDAY. IT’S MORE INTO SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY AS WE SEE THIS RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUING TO LINGER OVER THE STATE, THAT WE’LL SEE AN INCREASED CHANCE FOR SOME FOG DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. AND THEN BY MIDWEEK NEXT WEEK, IT’S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD THAT WE’LL SEE THAT CHANCE FOR FOG FILLING UP THE VALLEY. GET THAT COLD AIR TRAPPED IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY. SO WE’RE JUST GOING TO BE WATCHING TO SEE IF THAT DEVELOPS AS WE GO THROUGH NEXT WEEK, WHICH THE LIKELIHOOD IS PRETTY GOOD AS LONG AS THIS RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE STICKS AROUND. SO HERE’S A LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN EXPECT TEMPERATURE WISE TOMORROW MORNING. TEMPERATURES AGAIN. WE SHOULD BE IN THE MID TO LOW 30S. SOME SPOTS CLOSE TO FREEZING AND THEN DAYTIME HIGHS WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. WE SEE A FEW CLOUDS BUT STILL LOOKING PRETTY SUNNY IN THE MID 50S. FAIRFIELD SACRAMENTO STOCKTON ALL THERE AT 55 DEGREES. SEVEN DAY FORECAST. STAYING DRY. THERE IS NO MORE PRECIPITATION IN THE FORECAST FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. AGAIN, OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES STAYING IN THE 30S FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WE WILL SEE INCREASING CHANCE FOR SOME LOW CLOUD COVER DEVELOPING WITH THE FOG, POSSIBLY AS WE GET INTO NEXT WEEK, AND THOSE DAYTIME HIGHS STAYING IN THE LOWER 50S. SEVEN DAY FORECAST SHOWS YOU A DIFFERENT STORY. IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SIERRA, WHERE TEMPERATURES THERE WILL ACTUALLY CONTINUE TO WARM. INTERESTING. YEAH. SO THAT’S WHAT WE HAVE COMING. DIRK. THANK YOU. A HAIR SALON IS PROVIDING A TRANSFORMATIONAL SERVICE TO WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY. HOW VETERANS LIVES ARE BEING CHANGED WITH A VERY PERSONAL GIFT.
‘Do we have enumerated rights or don’t we’: NorCal man expands on his California open carry lawsuit
A Northern California man’s lawsuit upends California’s open carry ban in large counties
Updated: 8:55 PM PST Jan 8, 2026
A federal appeals court has ruled that California’s ban on openly carrying firearms in large counties violates the Second Amendment, siding with a lawsuit brought by a rural Northern California resident who argued the state left him with no legal path to carry a gun in public.Mark Baird of Siskiyou County challenged California’s open carry restrictions after attempting to apply for a permit in a county where state law technically allows them.“My question is to the state of California and to the court: Do we have enumerated rights or don’t we?” Baird said.Baird sued California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the state, arguing that while open-carry permits are permitted in counties with fewer than 200,000 residents, California never created an application process — and never issued a single open-carry permit statewide.Baird said he attempted to apply in Siskiyou County, where the sheriff wanted deputies to be armed at all times, but was unable to do so.“There wasn’t even an application to apply,” Baird said, arguing the lack of a process effectively blocked lawful open carry for Californians.“If you are a lawful individual and you possess a weapon for the peaceful purpose of self-defense, that’s unremarkable to me,” he said. “When the state declares all citizens criminals unless they prove otherwise, that seems like guilty until proven innocent.”California’s restrictions on open carry date back to 1967, when then-Gov. Ronald Reagan signed the Mulford Act, criminalizing the public carrying of loaded firearms. Additional restrictions were later expanded in 2012 under then-Gov. Jerry Brown.In its ruling, a divided panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that California’s policy, which bans open carry in counties where most of the state’s population lives, is inconsistent with the Second Amendment.The ruling does not eliminate all gun restrictions. Licensing requirements in smaller counties remain in place, and the decision could still be reviewed by a larger panel or appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The California Attorney General’s Office has not made a decision on how it will move forward. When asked whether he is prepared to take the case further, Baird said he is committed to continuing the fight.“I will never quit. I will never stop. I will never retreat,” he said. “We have liberty. The state knows it, and I know it.”With the Supreme Court’s current 6-3 conservative majority, some legal analysts say the ruling could ultimately be upheld, potentially reshaping California’s long-standing approach to open-carry laws.
, Calif. —
A federal appeals court has ruled that California’s ban on openly carrying firearms in large counties violates the Second Amendment, siding with a lawsuit brought by a rural Northern California resident who argued the state left him with no legal path to carry a gun in public.
Mark Baird of Siskiyou County challenged California’s open carry restrictions after attempting to apply for a permit in a county where state law technically allows them.
“My question is to the state of California and to the court: Do we have enumerated rights or don’t we?” Baird said.
Baird sued California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the state, arguing that while open-carry permits are permitted in counties with fewer than 200,000 residents, California never created an application process — and never issued a single open-carry permit statewide.
Baird said he attempted to apply in Siskiyou County, where the sheriff wanted deputies to be armed at all times, but was unable to do so.
“There wasn’t even an application to apply,” Baird said, arguing the lack of a process effectively blocked lawful open carry for Californians.
“If you are a lawful individual and you possess a weapon for the peaceful purpose of self-defense, that’s unremarkable to me,” he said. “When the state declares all citizens criminals unless they prove otherwise, that seems like guilty until proven innocent.”
California’s restrictions on open carry date back to 1967, when then-Gov. Ronald Reagan signed the Mulford Act, criminalizing the public carrying of loaded firearms. Additional restrictions were later expanded in 2012 under then-Gov. Jerry Brown.
In its ruling, a divided panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that California’s policy, which bans open carry in counties where most of the state’s population lives, is inconsistent with the Second Amendment.
The ruling does not eliminate all gun restrictions. Licensing requirements in smaller counties remain in place, and the decision could still be reviewed by a larger panel or appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The California Attorney General’s Office has not made a decision on how it will move forward.
When asked whether he is prepared to take the case further, Baird said he is committed to continuing the fight.
“I will never quit. I will never stop. I will never retreat,” he said. “We have liberty. The state knows it, and I know it.”
With the Supreme Court’s current 6-3 conservative majority, some legal analysts say the ruling could ultimately be upheld, potentially reshaping California’s long-standing approach to open-carry laws.