There is no legitimate comparison between suing someone for terminating the life of a human being through an abortion after 11 weeks by a licensed physician and selling a legally manufactured firearm to a legally qualified person for their own private use. If someone uses a firearm illegally there are already criminal penalties for this in every state. No civil penalties are needed.
Newson is smart enough to understand this so this press release is just a cynical attack on the Texas law to please his lefty donors and get them to fund his presidential ambitions.
I disagree, there will be some sort of legal warfare legislation passed in California. It may not mirror the Texas law exactly, but this strategy is inline with the existing of the anti-gun playbook. Forcing banks not to do business with gun manufacturers, making manufacturers civilly liable for shootings, etc... They will find some angle to allow lawsuits making manufacturing or ownership or transfers more painful.