“Though Newsom’s proposal invoked Texas law, which bans abortion after six weeks, the bill he seeks would look almost nothing like it,” writes @JacobCharlesNC in a guest essay for @latimesopinion. latimes.com/opinion/story/…
“Invoking the Supreme Court’s decision last Friday to let SB 8, Texas’s vigilante abortion ban, stand, Newsom called for the California Legislature to enact a similar law that would allow private citizens to enforce limits on gun rights.”
“His proposal would give private actors the right to sue for $10,000 anyone 'who manufactures, distributes, or sells an assault weapon or ‘ghost gun’ kit or parts in the State of California.'”
“First, Newsom’s proposal does not directly contradict what the Supreme Court or the majority of federal courts have said about the 2nd Amendment.”
“Second, a potential bill, as suggested in Newsom’s statement, would not seek to prevent government officials from enforcing the gun laws, even if it gave private citizens the right to sue too.”
“The Newsom proposal says nothing about eliminating government supervision of gun sales or manufacturing under those existing laws — which means people who oppose those gun restrictions can and will sue public officials.”
“Newsom’s idea wouldn’t come close in mirroring it, which shows how tepid his suggestion is compared with how extreme the Republican attack on a constitutional right has become.”
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