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Watching in Real Time as Two-Term Gov. Gavin Newsom Destroys California With Devastating Policies

November 1, 2023 11:51 amNovember 1, 2023 4:31 pm

One of the benefits of a two-term governor is voters actually get to see the fruits of his policies while he is still in office. If he is a low-tax, budget-cutting, regulations-cutting, pro-2A, liberty-loving 1A governor, life gets better –...

Judge Strikes Down California’s Ban on Semiautomatic Weapons

October 23, 2023 7:46 amOctober 23, 2023 7:46 am

Last week, Roger Benitez, a United States District Court Judge out of San Diego, ruled again that California’s ban on semi-automatic weapons—arms that California has labeled “assault weapons” is unconstitutional and is overturned. That the 34-year-old ban was overturned came...

Interesting Provisions in New California Gun Control Laws

September 27, 2023 2:34 pmSeptember 27, 2023 2:34 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom this week signed more than twenty bills to enact a series of gun control statutes in California. From my “legislative geek” perspective, there are two interesting provisions contained in the two main bills: SB 2 and AB...

Whamm, Zwap, Bam! Lawsuits Already Filed Over California’s Newest Gun Control Laws

September 27, 2023 12:02 pmSeptember 28, 2023 2:21 pm

UPDATE below: Senate Bill 2 by Senator Anthony Portantino’s (D–Burbank), which is California’s response bill to New York Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, was signed into law Tuesday. SB 2 enacts numerous “sensitive locations” where guns are banned, and changes...

California Legislature Passes ‘Tyrannical’ Package of 12 Gun Control Bills

September 18, 2023 3:51 pmSeptember 20, 2023 4:31 pm

In June 2022, U.S. Supreme Court issued a critical decision in New York Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen striking down a New York gun law that put unconstitutional restrictions on concealed carry of a gun out in public. And...

Bill To Add 11% Tax On Firearms & Ammunition Passes In Senate

September 8, 2023 2:30 amSeptember 8, 2023 2:31 am

A bill to add an 11% tax on firearms and ammunition in order to fund school safety measures and violence prevention programs was passed in the Senate on Thursday with the required 2/3rd votes. Assembly Bill 28, authored by Assemblyman...

Firearms Policy Coalition: ‘F-You’ Gov. Newsom

August 29, 2023 4:03 pmAugust 29, 2023 4:08 pm

In June, California Governor Gavin Newsom, who pretends he isn’t running for President, proposed a 28th Constitutional Amendment to restrict gun national rights: “Our ability to make a more perfect union is literally written into the Constitution. So today, I’m...