California governor signs gun control law modeled after Texas anti-abortion measure

Law allows people to sue anyone who distributes illegal assault weapons, parts used to build weapons or .50 caliber rifles

California punched back Friday against two recent landmark US supreme court decisions as the state's governor signed a controversial, first-in-the-nation gun control law patterned after a Texas anti-abortion law.

The action by Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, comes one month after conservative justices overturned women's constitutional right to abortions and undermined gun control laws in states including California.