Commentary: Is California’s new gun law, modeled after the Texas abortion law, constitutional?
The debate over California’s controversial new gun law, signed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, seems to confuse two important questions: How can the law be challenged in court and, once challenged, is it constitutional? The law, Senate Bill 1327, authored by Democratic Sen. Bob Hertzberg of Van Nuys, authorizes private citizens to file civil suits against gun-makers and sellers in three ...
The debate over California’s controversial new gun law, signed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, seems to confuse two important questions: How can the law be challenged in court and, once challenged, is it constitutional?
The law, Senate Bill 1327, authored by Democratic Sen. Bob Hertzberg of Van Nuys, authorizes private citizens to file civil suits against gun-makers and sellers in three circumstances. First, it focuses on “ghost guns,” firearms lacking serial numbers required by law, and allows a suit for $10,000
