{"id":1551460,"date":"2022-07-13T02:19:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T06:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1551460"},"modified":"2022-07-13T02:19:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T06:19:22","slug":"california-governor-signs-bill-allowing-victims-to-sue-gun-makers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-governor-signs-bill-allowing-victims-to-sue-gun-makers\/","title":{"rendered":"California Governor Signs Bill Allowing Victims to Sue Gun Makers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-governor-signs-bill-allowing-victims-to-sue-gun-makers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1551460&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed legislation to allow Californian victims of shootings to sue gun makers and sellers for the harm caused by criminals using guns.<\/p>\n<p>The governor, a Democrat, said in a video statement that most industries are \u201cheld to account\u201d when their products cause harm except for the gun industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, California is going to change that,\u201d Newsom said. \u201cThey can no longer hide from the mass destruction that they have caused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gun makers and sellers have been shielded from civil lawsuits when crimes are committed using the guns they produce by\u00a0the 2005\u00a0Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.<\/p>\n<p>The new state law, which comes into effect in July 2023, takes advantage of an exemption to the federal statute that allows gun makers or sellers to be sued for violations of state laws concerning the sale or marketing of firearms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019ve been hurt or a family member is a victim of gun violence, you can now go to court and hold the makers of these deadly weapons accountable,\u201d Newsom added.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Irresponsible gun manufacturers and distributors can no longer hide from the mass destruction they have caused in California. With <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AsmPhilTing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AsmPhilTing<\/a>\u2018s bill, victims of gun violence can go to court and hold the makers of these deadly weapons accountable. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aEskHjQ5hs\">pic.twitter.com\/aEskHjQ5hs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Office of the Governor of California (@CAgovernor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CAgovernor\/status\/1546876903008731139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Opposition <\/p>\n<p>Prior to the bill passing the state Assembly, the California Republican Assembly urged lawmakers to vote against the measure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAssembly Bill 1594 would allow governments and victims of violence involving firearms to sue firearm manufacturers or retailers for liability when firearms are used in incidents of deaths or injuries, even if they have broken no laws!\u201d California\u2019s oldest\u00a0Republican volunteer organization <a href=\"https:\/\/cragop.org\/about-us\/\">said on its website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The organization warned that the bill would\u00a0\u201copen the door to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed legislation to allow Californian victims of shootings to sue gun makers and sellers for the harm caused by criminals using guns. The governor, a Democrat, said in a video statement that most industries are \u201cheld to account\u201d when their products cause harm except for the gun industry. \u201cToday, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":618,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1551460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1551460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/618"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1551460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1551460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1551460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1551460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1551460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}