ST. LOUIS • A judge has extended a temporary order banning guns at the St. Louis Zoo.

St. Louis Circuit Judge Joan Moriarty filed an order Friday barring a Cincinnati man, anyone acting with him or with knowledge of her court order from concealing or openly carrying guns inside the zoo “until further order of the court.”

Her order continues a temporary ban issued in June after gun rights activist Jeffry Smith said he planned to lead a group of armed people into the zoo to challenge its policy prohibiting guns. The day after the temporary order, Smith entered the zoo wearing an empty holster.

Smith’s lawyer, Jane Hogan, said the legal fight is not over and that Moriarty’s order applies only to the temporary injunction. Hogan said a final hearing on the case is pending.

“I think (Moriarty is) erring on the side of caution and wants to maintain the status quo until we can get our legal arguments together,” Hogan said. The zoo will “have to show irreparable harm. I don’t think they can do that when there are many zoos in the United States that allow gun carry and there has never been an incident.”