Comment by dylan604

Comment by dylan604 3 days ago

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> or CA saying they'll do the same to gun owners).

But doesn't the CA law explicitly acknowledge this by saying if the TX law is ever knocked back the CA law automatically becomes null and void?

giantg2 3 days ago

I don't know. I heard about the idea of the similar law being stated by one of the politicians there. I didn't think it was actually passed. I thought the TX law was invalidated pretty quickly, likely before CA could even pass their own version for guns. It seemed like more of a political statement than a real law, which makes sense if they have an auto-repeal clause in it.

Either way, my point was that civil laws seem to be increasing in favor when the politicians and interest groups haven't been able to achieve what they want through the criminal side. Abortion and guns tend to showcase this most as they are the most contentious issues.

  • dylan604 3 days ago

    Texas went with vigilante justice to get its desires for abortion. Nothing surprises me anymore about how far red states will go to get their agendas pushed.

    • giantg2 3 days ago

      It's not really vigilante justice if it's through the courts.

      • dylan604 3 days ago

        Okay, so they crowd sourced it out, but the concept of letting the citizens police rather than officials is just one step from vigilante