New California gun control law mimics Texas abortion measure
By DON THOMPSON
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is punching back against two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions as Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a gun control law patterned after a Texas anti-abortion law. He plans to sign the bill Friday, a month after conservative justices overturned women’s constitutional right to abortions and undermined gun control laws in states including California. Newsom is stitching the two controversial topics together in approving a law allowing people to sue anyone who distributes several types of illegal weapons. Lawmakers patterned the bill after a Texas law allowing citizens to sue anyone who provides or assists in providing an abortion. Newsom ran ads in Texas criticizing the governor there.
