Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) drew scathing remarks this week from a California sheriff after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit prohibited Newsom’s ban on concealed carry in various public places.

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, who is concerned about the surge in crime, told Fox News he was relieved the court blocked Newsom’s most recent effort to control gun laws. 

“The fact about everything we’re doing taking away the gun rights and ownership and the [carrying a concealed weapon] aspect of the whole thing, where you can carry and where you can’t, it flies in the face of what they do with criminals,” Bianco said. 

The California law restricts concealed carry in 26 public places, including churches, playgrounds, and banks, even if people had a conceal-carry permit, the Associated Press reported.  

“They have a very pro-criminal stance in California, and they have for years, all of the laws. Newsom’s goal is to close as many prisons as he can, to not prosecute and to not sentence anyone to state prison,” Bianco said. “They blame law enforcement. They blame society. So there’s never a personal responsibility on someone’s criminal behavior. It’s always someone else’s fault.”

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In December, U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney ruled that Newsom’s law violates the Second Amendment, the Associated Press reported. However, a federal appeals court put a hold on Carney’s ruling late last year, allowing the law to go into effect while the challenge plays out.

“It’s very dishonest, and I think he needs to drop his gun agenda, his anti-2A agenda,” Bianco said. “And he needs to concentrate on the skyrocketing crime in California and the quality-of-life issues for the residents of California that are being destroyed by the policies that he is promoting.”