CA-Block guns sales for "at risk"

[Pauls' Revere]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ca...caca7510823d08

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gun makers and dealers in California will be required to block firearms sales to anyone they have “reasonable cause to believe is at substantial risk” of using a gun illegally or of harming themselves or others, under a new law that Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that he had signed.

It's a subjective requirement that goes farther than current background checks or prohibitions on selling guns to people prohibited from owning them.

The state's firearm industry standard of conduct, starting in July 2023, will require those making, importing or selling guns to “take reasonable precautions” to make sure the weapons don't fall into the wrong hands through sales or thefts.

That includes having “reasonable controls” to prevent sales to arms traffickers, straw buyers, those prohibited from owning guns, and anyone deemed to be at “substantial risk” of using the gun improperly.

The law is patterned after a New York measure that took effect last year to skirt a 2005 federal law blocking most liability lawsuits against gun-makers or dealers.

The New York measure declared such violations a “public nuisance,” taking advantage of a federal exemption that allows lawsuits when gun makers break state or local laws regulating the sale and marketing of firearms.

Delaware and New Jersey just enacted similar laws, and all contain provisions requiring firearms dealers to act responsibly, said Tanya Schardt, senior counsel and director of state and federal policy at the Brady gun control advocacy organization that sought the laws.

[Brian4Liberty]

Anything to disarm the unwashed peons so the smarmy elitists can have full control of the masses.

[Occam's Banana]

This is a law made, not in order to discourage or redress any actual wrongdoing, but rather with the hope that it will be violated.

It is a law promulgated with the willful intention, not of reducing the domain of "lawlessness", but of expanding it.

Its purpose is to conjure violations where none existed before, both as an end in itself (as an exercise of power) and as an excuse to justify further future encroachments.

It is an excellent example of "anarcho-tyranny" in action.

It is also one more bit of confirmation that liberty and legislatures cannot coexist.

[CCTelander]

This is a law made, not in order to discourage or redress any actual wrongdoing, but rather with the hope that it will be violated.

It is a law promulgated with the willful intention, not of reducing the domain of "lawlessness", but of expanding it.

Its purpose is to conjure violations where none existed before, both as an end in itself (as an exercise of power) and as an excuse to justify further future encroachments.

It is an excellent example of "anarcho-tyranny" in action.

It is also one more bit of confirmation that liberty and legislatures cannot coexist.

‘There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.” - Ayn Rand

[Occam's Banana]

‘There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.” - Ayn Rand

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to CCTelander again.

The more laws and restrictions there are,
The poorer people become.
[...]
The more rules and regulations,
The more thieves and robbers.

-- Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

[ClaytonB]

[Anti Globalist]

Should be interesting to see how they determine what defines as "at risk".

[oyarde]

Should be interesting to see how they determine what defines as "at risk".

I'm expecting a very wide latitude .Within the ordinary california population my guess is at least half support killing babies and or vote dem and or vote for tax increases which means they are a large and vicious force to harm others . I'd expect only a small percentage of califormnians to qualify to purchase for muzzle loading hunting weapons ( without bayonet) in the future.