California to let citizens enforce ban on assault weapons, echoing Texas abortion law

Pledge draws inspiration from Texas law that allows citizens to enforce ban on abortions from about six weeks of pregnancy

California governor Gavin Newsom has pledged to empower private citizens to enforce a ban on the manufacture and sale of assault weapons in the state, citing the same authority claimed by conservative lawmakers in Texas to outlaw most abortions there after only around six weeks of pregnancy.

We will work to create the ability for private citizens to sue anyone who manufactures, distributes, or sells an assault weapon or ghost gun kit or parts in California," the governor's office said in a statement on Sunday.