California Gov. Newsom says he plans to use the same tactic from Texas' abortion law to target assault rifle sales after the Supreme Court declined to block enforcement of the law.
Saturday that he has directed his staff to collaborate with the Legislature and Attorney General Rob Bonta to draft a bill that would allow private citizens to sue"anyone who manufactures, distributes, or sells an assault weapon or ghost gun kit or parts in the State of California."
"If states can shield their laws from review by federal courts, then CA will use that authority to help protect lives," Newsom said on Twitter. The Supreme Court recently ruled that abortion providers in Texas can proceed with lawsuits challenging S.B. 8, the country'sabortion law, which bans the procedure after about six weeks of pregnancy. But the justices declined to block enforcement of the law while court battles continues, so the law remains in effect.
The ruling was a narrow victory for abortion clinics. Texas had sought to make the law nearly impossible to challenge in federal court, arguing that abortion providers could not contest it in advance and had to wait
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