A proposed bill would allow private citizens in California to sue anyone who distributes illegal assault weapons.
Investigators say 27-year-old Smiley Martin was found at the scene on K and 10th Streets early Sunday morning, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
"This is tit for tat political gamesmanship, which is the worst reason to be passing some kind of a bill," said Chuck Michel, president of the California Rifle and Pistol Association and an attorney who wrote a book about California's complicated gun laws."You're going to deputize a bunch of amateurs - non-lawyers, non-cops - to judge a neighbor's actions and then give them the right to drag them into court over it.
His organization is backing other bills, including one that would make it easier for people to sue gun companies for liability in shootings that cause injuries or death. Two other bills also target firearm parts and guns without serial numbers, and those made with 3D printers. Parts use to make weapons are not themselves illegal, but a California law taking effect July 1 will require that they be sold only through licensed firearms dealers.
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