California's New Gun Control Law
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Gov. Newsom just signed it into law.
... 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. ...
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If it only pertains to illegal firearms, and requires some sort of damage in an act of use, with a puny award, why is this of any interest?
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If it only pertains to illegal firearms, and requires some sort of damage in an act of use, with a puny award, why is this of any interest?
@Ivorythumper said in California's New Gun Control Law:
If it only pertains to illegal firearms, and requires some sort of damage in an act of use, with a puny award, why is this of any interest?
Yeah that was my reply. Seems like a normal law. How was it not a law before?
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Or...Especially with AR-15's, it's common to buy parts from different places and put the gun together at home. BATF only requires documented transfer for the lower receiver.
OTOH...You can buy an unregistered AK receiver that is not finished - they're nothing but sheet steel - and use a template to drill your holes. Then bend it on a bending jig. Then finish the receiver however you wish (home cerakote, cold blue, barbecue pit paint). Put your parts together and you have an unregistered AK, or a ghost gun. If you ever sell it, you'll have to put a serial number on the receiver and stamp the caliber on the barrel.
Now, the above is off the top of my head and that knowledge is a few years old. Take it with a grain of salt.
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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued a statement today, after an appeals court lifted the hold on Measure 114, a step forward in allowing the state to put critical gun safety protections into action.
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Measure 114 includes three common sense gun safety laws: First, it requires a permit to acquire guns. Permits are available to those who pass a criminal background check, complete a gun safety course, and who are not a danger to themselves or others. Second, it closes the “Charleston Loophole” that currently allows firearm transfers to proceed if a background check takes more than three days. Finally, it restricts magazines that can carry more than ten rounds of ammunition.
Even with today’s decision, the law will not go into effect immediately. Procedural rules give the challengers 35 days to seek further appellate review of the decision.
Eventually, the US Supreme Court will have to make a decision.
