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Column: Texas abortion law gives gun-controlling California, gun lobby something to agree on - Yahoo News

California Gov. Gavin Newsom along with several elected officials, met with the media at Del Mar Fairgrounds on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Del Mar, Calif., where he backed state legislation that would allow for private citizens to enforce the state's ban on assault weapons. A new bill in California would allow private citizens go after gun makers in the same way Texas lets them target abortion providers, though gun advocates immediately promised a court challenge if it becomes law. (Nelvin C. Cepeda/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)
Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to the media on Friday, in Del Mar, Calif., where he backed state legislation that would allow for private citizens to enforce the state's ban on assault weapons.

If the U.S. Supreme Court had heeded a gun lobby warning, Gov. Gavin Newsom wouldn’t be pushing Texas copycat legislation aimed at the firearms industry.

The Texas vigilante law targeted abortions. And the court seemed to think that was OK. But the court and the Lone Star State inadvertently provided a clear shot for California to fire away at gun manufacturers and dealers.

A gun rights organization had warned the court about that, but it apparently was ignored.

“We’re going to start playing by their rules now,” Newsom asserted at a news conference last week as he unveiled a package of legislation allowing citizens to sue manufacturers and dealers when gun laws are broken. “The Supreme Court of the United States opened a door wide open. ...

“If Texas can use a law to ban a woman’s right to choose and to put her health at risk, we will use that same law to save lives and improve the health and safety of the people in the state of California.”

The governor added that the court’s “decision was absurd. It was outrageous. ... They’ve set the tone, tenor, the rules.”

Or as state Sen. Bob Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys), author of the main bill, put it succinctly: “What is good for the goose is good for the gander.”

Pro-gun groups sometimes get it right. Two examples:

The National Rifle Assn. is right to oppose a bill that would require parents of schoolchildren to disclose whether there’s a gun at home — and where it’s kept. The measure is SB 906 by Sen. Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge).

Look, if I’m a gun owner, I don’t want to publicly broadcast that I’ve got a firearm — or several — at home. And I sure don’t want to disclose where they’re hidden. It makes my place an inviting target for gun thieves. And I don’t trust the security of the school’s filing system.

The gun lobby also hits the bull's-eye in filing suit against a new San Jose ordinance that requires gun owners to buy liability insurance and pay the city a fee for owning a firearm.



source: https://news.yahoo.com/texas-abortion-law-gives-gun-130030077.html

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