Isn't the 2nd. Amendment valid in California?
Yes it is but the government in CA does not seem to think so.
So if they pass a law that goes against it (or someone feels goes against it)a suit must be filed and then it has to go to court.
I the State wins the person filing can appeal to a higher court,(which may or may not be heard) if the person filing wins the State usually appeals to a higher court (which again may or may not decide to hear the case)
and so on until a higher court refuses to hear it or it works it's way up to the Supreme Court of the United States, which if they decide to hear is the final authority.
(more to it than this but the above is the simple version of the process)
It could be in the court system for years.
Sometimes a court may issue an injunction blocking the law until the court decides sometimes it goes in to effect until the court decides.
So yes it is valid in CA but they state tries to skirt or get around it every way possible.
This is a
very general statement but the Democrats tend to be anti gun and the Republicians tend to be pro gun.
Since CA has a Democratic house, Senate and Governor it is antigun and the only thing that stops it (sometimes)is the court system.
Sadly the courts tend to be divided along political lines as well.
So if the judges in the court hearing the case were appointed by Democrats they tend to follow the Democrats line of thinking.
Republican judges tend to try to follow more what was originally intended by the Constitution.
Note: this is a broad generalization and not always the case.
So while you would think courts would be non-political they are not.