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

Newsom stitched the two hot-button topics together in approving a law allowing people to sue anyone who distributes illegal assault weapons, parts that can be used to build weapons, guns without serial numbers, or .50 caliber rifles. They would be awarded at least $10,000 in civil damages for each weapon, plus attorneys fees.

Newsom planned to sign the bill while visiting a memorial at Santa Monica College to five victims killed in 2013 by a gunman using such a gun, a homemade assault-style rifle without a serial number.

They include measures requiring schools to periodically inform parents about the safe storage of firearms and barring anyone from making more than three guns a year or making any guns with a 3D printer without obtaining a state-issued license.

Others bar gun sales on state property, boost inspections of gun dealers, limit dealer fees, and add child and elder abuse to the list of crimes that block gun ownership.

Newsom has become increasingly combative as he seeks reelection to a final four-year term.

Voters in November will be asked to guarantee the right to an abortion in the California state constitution, while lawmakers in New York and Vermont advanced similar steps.

The New York governor, Kathy Hochul, called lawmakers there back into a special session to approve changes that take effect 1 September, including requiring gun owners to allow an examination of their social media accounts. California legislators expect to act in August on concealed carry restrictions.