Posted on 07/22/2022 10:39:48 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California punched back Friday against two recent landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions as Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he will sign a controversial, first-in-the-nation gun control law patterned after a Texas anti-abortion law.
His action comes one month after conservative justices overturned women’s constitutional right to abortions and undermined gun control laws in states including California.
Newsom stitched the two hot-button topics together in approving a law allowing people to sue anyone who distributes illegal assault weapons, parts that can be used to build weapons, guns without serial numbers, or .50 caliber rifles. They would be awarded at least $10,000 in civil damages for each weapon, plus attorneys fees.
The ACLU called California’s law “an attack on the constitution” for deliberately trying to sidestep judicial review by empowering enforcement by citizens and not governments, and for undermining due process rights.
Aside from the merits of the bill, opponents say it is written to discourage any legal challenges to California’s myriad gun regulations by requiring plaintiffs or lawyers to pay attorneys’ fees if they lose the lawsuit.
That portion of the law “is intended to make it impossible to file a Second Amendment challenge to an unconstitutional gun control law. That is itself unconstitutional,” said Chuck Michel, president of the California Rifle and Pistol Association.
Newsom signed eight other gun laws adding to California’s already strict regulations.
They include measures requiring schools to periodically inform parents about the safe storage of firearms and barring anyone from making more than three guns a year or making any guns with a 3D printer without obtaining a state-issued license.
Others bar gun sales on state property, boost inspections of gun dealers, limit dealer fees, and add child and elder abuse to the list of crimes that block gun ownership.
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Take that Texas! 🤣
They forgot to add BEING A DEMOCRAT to the list of crimes that block gun ownership. Hey CA, do us all a favor, go fall into the ocean already.
Those still left in the state should understand, these people won’t stop until they can seize your guns, seize your assets, and put you in cages.
Give illegals all the rights citizens have, empty the prisons, abolish bail laws etc, then they go after the law abiding gun owners in CA.
That’s why they’re releasing thousands of criminals from CA prisons....They need to make room for law abiding citizens.
“...undermined gun control laws in states including California.”
In my dreams, for once AP could rephrase as “...overturned California gun control laws which undermined the Constitution’s Second Amendment...”
(but no, ...)
Just as the Devil is the ape of God, California has apparently become the ape of Texas.
This “gun confiscation” bullsh*t is getting out of hand. I just read that the braindead ditz, Patsy Benatar isn’t going to sing “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” anymore because of all of the RAT orchestrated “mass killings”. All those thuds you’re hearing right now are NBA players and officials hitting the floor.
Because of course he did. I wish I could say I was surprised, but nothing Newscum does surprises me any more.
Tort reform — Loser Pays — fixes everything.
I guess somebody didn’t tell c@cksucker gruesome newsome that abortion isn’t a Constitutional Right but to KEEP AND BEAR ARMS is!
Did you read the actual article?
“Aside from the merits of the bill, opponents say it is written to discourage any legal challenges to California’s myriad gun regulations by requiring plaintiffs or lawyers to pay attorneys’ fees if they lose the lawsuit.”
That is loser pays, and it’s being used as lawfare in this case.
I believe Texas is a loser pays state, which may be why there have been no lawsuits filed under its anti-abortion law. My expectation is that any suit filed under the California law would face the same fate a suit filed under the Texas law would - dismissed due to lack of standing.
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