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Understanding California’s SB 2 Bill: What You Need To Know.

  This video was filmed before 1/1/2024. Read our follow-up article on California’s SB 2 bill here.

Reference: Senate Bill No. 2

California’s SB 2 bill tightens gun regulations, raising concerns among gun owners. It restricts carrying locations, imposes signage mandates, and complicates permit processes. Despite legal battles, it took effect on January 1, 2024. Gun owners risk losing self-defense insurance coverage in sensitive areas. Joining Attorneys On Retainer ensures legal protection amid SB 2 restrictions.

   

Key Points:

 

What Is The SB 2 Law?

SB 2 is a new law that just got signed in California, and it’s changing things up for where and how you carry your weapon. SB 2 is also introducing locations where you might lose self-defense coverage if you’re involved in a self-defense incident. It’s especially important for gun owners who care about the second amendment because it puts more unnecessary rules on gun ownership, carrying, and defending yourself.

 

What’s Changing with SB 2?

Carrying Limits: Now, there are fewer locations where you’re permitted to carry your weapon. SB 2 designates additional areas as “sensitive places,” where firearms are prohibited by the state.

Signs Everywhere: SB 2 requires businesses to place signs in their windows identifying their firearm policies, potentially causing customer confusion and disrupting operations, which could have a negative effect on their revenue.

 

  • Previously, obtaining a Concealed Carry Weapon (CCW) permit was possible at age 18 years of age. Now, you must wait until you’re 21.
  • The required hours for CCW training have doubled.
  • Renewing your CCW permit is now more challenging, requiring additional tasks to complete.

 

Why Are Gun Owners Concerned?

The big problem with SB 2 is that it’s making things harder for gun owners who just want follow the Second Amendment. Many people think it’s not fair because it’s putting extra rules on law-abiding citizens.  

What Does the Supreme Court Say?

The Supreme Court says you can carry a weapon for self-defense outside your house. But they also say states can make rules about where you can’t carry guns. SB 2 adds to this by making a list of places where you can’t carry. They refer to these locations as “sensitive places”.  

Judge Cormac J. Carney halted certain provisions of SB 2, deeming them unconstitutional in relation to the Second Amendment. This action to pause portions of SB 2 just reveals how impacting the law is and the debate surrounding the legislation.  

SB 2 in Action

Even with all the disagreements, SB 2 became a law on January 1, 2024. Some parts of it might prevent people from getting permits, which makes it even more controversial.

 

Freedom At Risk: SB 2 and Self-Defense Insurance

SB 2 says some places are “sensitive,” making it confusing for gun owners to know where they can and can’t use their weapon in a self-defense situation. If gun owners use their firearm for self-defense in such locations, insurance-backed self-defense companies can deny legal fee assistance due to the unauthorized use of the weapon in a nonpermitted location. Self-Defense Insurance companies are notorious for denying coverage to their policyholders, to protect their interests. If a self-defense incident occurs in one of these places, gun owners might have to pay a lot of money and find it hard to protect themselves legally. SB 2 takes away gun owners’ freedom because it limits where they can defend themselves without worrying about legal issues. It’s important that gun owners with a self-defense insurance policy know this because they could be denied coverage.

If you’re a gun owner who prefers to carry and use your firearm without the restrictions of SB 2 and insurance-backed self-defense companies, I strongly recommend joining the Attorneys on Retainer (AOR) program. AOR members receive legal coverage regardless of where they carry or how they defend themselves.

 

Want To Be Covered? Join Attorneys On Retainer!

If you’re an AOR Member, you don’t need to be concerned about the SB 2 Bill. If you don’t have self-defense coverage and want all the benefits of the AOR program, plus be covered in California regardless of the SB 2 law, join our program today. Our criteria for coverage is simple:

  • You are charged (or are reasonably concerned about being charged) with a crime (felony or misdemeanor).
  • You can reasonably and in good faith assert that you acted in self-defense or self-defense of others.
  • The charges arise out of conduct that occurred entirely after you became a member of the Attorneys On Retainer Program.

 

To learn more about our Attorneys On Retainer Program and how joining can help protect your rights with changing gun laws like SB 2, please call 866-404-5112 to contact us today.