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May 25, 2023

State’s new gun restrictions law challenged in US court

The National Shooting Sports Foundation, a Connecticut-based organization, said in an 80-page complaint that the bill willfully conflicts with existing laws and the judgment of the U.S. Supreme Court, specifically its decision last year in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen.

Assembly Bill 1594, a California law taking effect in July that will impose further restrictions on the manufacturing, possession, and transfer of guns, is being challenged in federal court in San Diego by a national firearms trade association.

The aim of the law is to establish higher standards of sales and distribution within the firearm industry and to prevent the sale of products that the state deems “abnormally dangerous.”

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