California bill to allow citizens to enforce gun ban modeled after Texas heartbeat bill draws Newsom's support

California Gov. Gavin Newsom endorsed a Democratic proposal to allow citizens to sue their neighbors and businesses to enforce Golden State gun control – modeled after a Texas heartbeat bill that has been praised on the right and reviled by the left.

The pro-life legislation in Texas allows citizens to enforce an abortion ban by suing providers and anyone else involved in helping a woman end her pregnancy after a fetal heartbeat is detected.

"It’s time to go on the offensive with new measures that empower individuals to hold irresponsible and negligent gun industry actors to account, crack down on shameful advertising that targets our kids and more," the governor said during a news briefing. "This is not about attacking law-abiding gun owners – it’s about stopping the tragic violence ravaging communities across the country."

Separately, he asserted that "Gun industry greed has fueled the gun violence epidemic." 

His office did not immediately respond to questions about the role of progressive policies including bail reform and Prop 47, which made a slew of felony crimes into misdemeanors, but instead sent a snippet from the governor’s news conference where he answered a question about whether "the early release of tens of thousands of inmates" played a role in the upswing in violent crime.