After the U.S. Supreme Court declined to block a Texas state law that bans most abortions there, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he’ll push for a new California law that deters the manufacture and sale of assault rifles in the state. In his statement Saturday, Newsom referred to a recent federal court decision that overturned the state’s ban on assault rifles in which the judge compared the weapons to a Swiss Army knife. Nevertheless, she believed Newsom’s proposal ultimately could allow the court to correct its error in allowing private enforcement of Texas’ abortion restrictions in conflict with longstanding constitutional protections on abortions. “We have six justices, and it’s looking more like five these days, who like gun rights and don’t like abortion rights,” she said.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 12, 2021 04:00 UTC