After Texas Republicans passed a vigilante-style abortion ban, California Democrats had an idea. (via MaddowBlog)
, the Lone Star State has effectively deputized random citizens, empowering them to go after those who have abortions after six weeks of pregnancy for $10,000, plus attorneys’ fees. The result was, and is, a system that turned anti-abortion activists into bounty hunters.
Republican-appointed justices on the U.S. Supreme Court gave Texas the green light to implement this policy six months before they overturnedSoon after, this seemed to give Democrats in California an idea: Why not apply this same model to gun laws? “If states can shield their laws from review by federal courts, then [California] will use that authority to help protect lives,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom
in December, adding, “If the most efficient way to keep these devastating weapons off our streets is to add the threat of private lawsuits, we should do just that.”, the Democratic governor signed into law on Friday a new state measure modeled after Texas’ vigilante-style abortion ban. The new gun law, set to go into effect in January, will allow private people to sue anyone who imports, distributes, manufactures or sells illegal firearms in California, such as assault weapons, .50 BMG rifles and so-called ghost guns. The law requires a court to order $10,000 in damages for each weapon used in an alleged violation, along with attorneys fees. The bill was written so that if Texas’ law is nulled, California’s would similarly be invalidated.
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