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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

California governor signs gun control law that mimics controversial Texas anti-abortion ‘bounty’ law

AP

The governor of California signed a gun control law on Friday modeled on a controversial Texas abortion rule, which allows private citizens to sue each other for breaking firearms law and collect financial rewards.

“We’re sick and tired of being on the defence in this movement,” said governor Gavin Newsom on Friday, speaking from Santa Monica College, where five people were killed in 2013 by a gunman with a so-called “ghost gun.”

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