A Georgia mayor on Wednesday stood by an ordinance prohibiting guns in unlocked vehicles after a state judge issued a ruling declaring it unconstitutional.

The policy, which has been challenged by Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, requires firearms left in vehicles to be “securely stored” in compartments or in a locked trunk.

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Savannah Mayor Van Johnson said the city would continue to enforce the ordinance after Chatham County Recorder’s Court Judge Brian Huffman Jr. handed down a ruling siding with Clayton Papp

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