Happy New Year: California Now Allows Private Residents to Sue GunmakersAWR Hawkins 2 Jan 2023
California’s SB 1327 went into effect on January 1, 2023, allowing private residents in the state to file suits against gun manufacturers who violate the state’s “assault weapons” ban or ban on gun sales to anyone under 21.
The Los Angeles Times reported that supporters of the new law view the lawsuit option as a way of “enlisting an army of grass-roots enforcers” to safeguard the state’s “assault weapons” ban and minimum age requirement.
SB 1327 was passed in reaction to the Texas heartbeat law, which allows abortionists to be sued for terminating pregnancies beyond six weeks of pregnancy.
The law contains a fee-shifting component that U.S. District Court Judge Roger Benitez blocked on December 20, 2022.
The fee-shifting component was designed to dissuade lawsuits from gun controls in California.
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