California blocks gun sales to those at risk of breaking law [View all]

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Source: AP

By DON THOMPSON

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — 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 regulation is part of the new law creating a good conduct code for gun makers and dealers that also allows anyone who suffers harm from violations to sue.

The bill was one of more than a dozen adding to California’s already strict gun regulations that were sent to Newsom, a Democrat, by state lawmakers before they left for their monthlong summer recess.



FILE - Homemade rifles are displayed on a table at an ATF field office in Glendale, Calif., on Aug. 29, 2017. Gov Gavin Newsom signed a bill by Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, Tuesday, June 12, 2022, that creates a good conduct code for gun makers and dealers and allows anyone who suffers harm from violations to sue. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)


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