Civil Rights,
Government
Dec. 12, 2022
AG won’t defend state gun law similar to Texas abortion law he’s against
Gov. Gavin Newsom is stepping in to try to defend SB 1327, a law he signed last summer that uses the same legal mechanism as the Texas law, allowing individuals to sue gunmakers — and their lawyers — in private rights of action.
In an unusual move, California Attorney General Rob Bonta is refusing to defend a state law aimed at challenges to firearm restrictions because he is already attacking the constitutionality of an identical provision in a Texas law that has effectively outlawed abortion.
Instead, Gov. Gavin Newsom is stepping in to try to defend SB 1327, a law he signed last summer that uses the same legal mechanism as the Texas law, allowing individuals to ...
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