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AI Kill-Switch Folly

September 20, 2026 11:51 amSeptember 20, 2026 11:52 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s latest folly, ordering a kill switch on AI, does not require OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, or anyone else to build a working emergency off button. It instead tells California agencies to hurry two bills that were already...

The SECURE Data Act Isn’t So Secure for State Sovereignty

August 5, 2026 7:00 amAugust 5, 2026 7:01 am

Congress calls it the SECURE Data Act. Californians should read it as a preemption bill wearing a privacy label. Rep. John Joyce (R-Pa.) introduced H.R. 8413 in April, and it would build the first federal law covering the full sweep...

DOJ Sues to Stop California’s GLOCK Ban and End Its State-Approved Handgun Roster

July 1, 2026 3:54 pmJuly 2, 2026 8:49 am

The U.S. Department of Justice, under the Trump administration, filed a Second Amendment lawsuit Wednesday July 1, 2026, against California to block the state’s new “Glock Ban,” effective July 1, and challenge its longstanding “Handgun Roster,” a list the DOJ...

Gun Control California: 19 People Shot, 4 Dead at Stockton, CA Family Event

November 30, 2025 10:24 amDecember 1, 2025 7:04 am

Four people including three children are dead, and 19 in total were shot in Stockton, California Saturday night, at a family event inside of a banquet hall, ABC 10 reported. California Democrats have imposed the strictest gun laws in the...

New Lawsuit Over California’s Ban on Glock Handguns – Another 2A Clash

October 14, 2025 2:55 amOctober 14, 2025 10:13 am

The California Legislature passed the bill and Governor Gavin Newsom just signed it to BAN any new purchase of all models of Glock handguns, effective July 1, 2026. What can we say, other than to share Gun Owners of California’s...

California Legislature is Trying to Ban Your Glock

July 1, 2025 2:55 amJuly 1, 2025 7:37 am

The California Legislature has a bill up Tuesday to BAN any new purchase of all models of Glock handguns. What can we say, other than to share Gun Owners of California’s assessment: GLOCK BAN BILL: All Politics – Zero Safety...

The Attempt to Regionalize California’s Electrical Grid is Back – Why?

June 5, 2025 6:55 amJune 5, 2025 11:32 am

Since 2018, three bills introduced in California’s Legislature have sought to share control of California’s electrical grid with its neighbors. Those touting the concept claim it will advance solar and wind energy – that when it’s cloudy in Oregon, California...