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Parts of this article were taken from the Daily Caller News Foundation reporter Ireland Owen’s coverage on this issue.
Cathy Ann Bencivengo, a U.S. District Court judge for the Southern District of California, issued an order which granted summary judgment after finding the state’s “provisions barring nonresidents from applying for CCW licenses violate the Constitution.” The plaintiffs in the case, who are not California residents, complained that they have been prohibited from carrying a firearm for self-defense when they visit the state, according to Bencivengo’s order. (MORE NEWS: First Responders To Receive Greater Mental Healthcare)
“Opening the application process to nonresidents does not limit California’s ability to regulate who receives a CCW license based on other measured parameters,” according to the order. “Nonresidents are simply afforded the same chance guaranteed to residents to exercise their Second Amendment rights.”
The lawsuit’s plaintiffs are members of the Firearms Policy Coalition, a gun rights organization. The group describes its mission as restoring “the essential right to keep and bear arms throughout the U.S.”
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