Rights,Politics By Ashok NilakantanNew York, July 13 (IANS) California Governor Gavin

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By Ashok NilakantanNew York, July 13 (IANS) California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a new law that empowers gun violence victims to file civil suits against the companies that manufactured the firearms used in the crimes, as the state finds newer ways to end the sordid chapter of gun slaughters and mass killings.
The move tightens gun laws in California, which has the strictest gun safety measures in the nation, according to the Giffords Law Center.
To the victims of gun violence and their families: California stands with you. The gun industry can no longer hide from the devastating harm their products cause, Newsom said in a news release.
A 2005 federal law protects gun manufacturers and dealers from lawsuits when the weapons they produce are used to commit crimes.
The California Assembly Bill 1594 utilises an exemption to the federal statute that allows gun makers or sellers to be sued for violations of state laws concerning the sale or marketing of firearms, according to the California news release.
Our kids, families and communities deserve streets free of gun violence and gun makers must be held accountable for their role in this crisis. Nearly every industry is held liable when people are hurt or killed by their products guns should be no different, the Governor was quoted as saying by the CNN.
California has allocated 6 million in gun violence prevention grants to support nearly 80 cities and non-profit organisations implementing anti-violence programmes tailored to their local communities.
High-profile shootings including a racist mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket that targeted the Black community and the massacre at an Uvalde elementary school that took the lives of 19 students and their two teachers have reignited national conversations on gun laws.
In June, President Joe Biden signed into law a measure, considered the most significant of federal legislation to address gun violence in 30 years since the 10-year assault weapons ban of 1994, which expired in 2005.
But the law fell short of banning any weapons. But the bipartisan legislation framed by 10 Republicans and Democrats each saw passage through both Houses of the Congress amid a public outcry to end gun violence even as the Supreme Court struck down a centuries-old New York gun law that wanted a statement of intent and purpose to carry concealed firearms in public.
The bipartisan legislation, however, failed to raise the age for buying guns to 21.
In California, Assembly member Phil Ting, who co-authored the bill, said that hitting the bottom line of gun manufacturers may finally compel them to step up to reduce gun violence by preventing illegal sales and theft.

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