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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n
September 27, 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Washington, D.C. \u2014 Yesterday, Gun Owners of America (GOA) and the Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) teamed up with\u00a0Gun Owners of California<\/a>\u00a0(GOC) to promptly serve California AG Rob Bonta in a\u00a0lawsuit challenging<\/a>\u00a0portions of SB 2, a bill that anti-gun Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law yesterday. This unconstitutional legislation was passed in response to the\u00a0Bruen\u00a0decision (which ended the state\u2019s draconian \u201cmay-issue\u201d policy), and among other provisions would:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n This suit specifically goes after the \u201csensitive locations\u201d provision of the law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Several other anti-gun states have enacted similar unconstitutional legislation in response to the\u00a0Bruen\u00a0decision, and GOA and GOF are a part of litigation in several of these cases.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Erich Pratt, GOA\u2019s Senior Vice President, issued the following statement:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThis is just the latest assault on our rights in California. Just as concerning, Governor Gavin Newsom has already made his anti-gun intentions quite clear: he wants to effectively repeal the Second Amendment. Sadly, his acknowledgment that doing so would be the only way to enact more gun control did not dissuade him from violating his oath when he signed this law into effect, but we are fully prepared to fight back.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Sam Paredes, on behalf of the board for GOF and in his role as the Executive Director of Gun Owners of California, added:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cPro-gun groups in California have had success when pushing back on legislation like this \u2013 just look at our victory last week against the state\u2019s magazine ban. And just like in that case, we are confident SB 2 will be overturned. I\u2019ve been warning governors and legislatures across the country since the Bruen decision that these \u201cresponse bills\u201d will not stand, but unfortunately, many have still been pushed through. That won\u2019t stop us however \u2013 states should fall in line, or we will make them.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n GOA spokesmen are available for interviews.\u00a0 Gun Owners of America is a nonprofit grassroots lobbying organization dedicated to protecting the right to keep and bear arms without compromise. GOA represents over two million members and activists. For more information, visit\u00a0GOA\u2019s Press Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n