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California gun legislation: Gov. Newsom signs bills focusing on school safety, sale regulations and convicted abusers

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The state — amid a series of high-profile mass shootings that have spurred a national conversation on gun ownership — has passed multiple new measures this month, including allowing for gun violence victims to file civil suits against companies that manufacture the firearms used in crimes.
One of the eight laws signed on Thursday includes a 10-year prohibition on gun possession if someone is convicted of child abuse or elder abuse, according to a news release from the governor’s office.
California governor signs law allowing gun violence victims to sue firearm manufacturers for damages

Another law now requires schools to share information on child access prevention laws and safe firearm storage, as well as mandated reporting to law enforcement of any threat or perceived threat of a homicidal act.

“California has the toughest gun safety laws in the nation, but none of us can afford to be

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Josh Hawley accused of transphobic line of questioning during sharp exchange with law professor

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Following the Supreme Court’s ruling last month, some progressives have increasing used the term “pregnant people” — as opposed to “women” — to refer to those whose right to abortion they seek to protect, in an effort to recognize that transgender men and non-binary people are also affected by the court’s decision, which overturned the 1973 landmark ruling that had made access to abortion a federal constitutional right.

“You refer to ‘people with a capacity for pregnancy.’ Would that be women?” Hawley asked Khiara Bridges, a law professor at UC Berkeley School of Law, during the sharp exchange at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.

“Many women, cis women, have the capacity for pregnancy, many cis women do not have the capacity for pregnancy,” Bridges replied. “There are also trans men who are capable of pregnancy, as well as non-binary people who are capable of pregnancy.”

Pressed by Hawley about what

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NYC sues ‘illegal’ Airbnb operator under new law governing short-term rentals

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New York City officials have filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against the owners of a brownstone in Midtown for illegally renting their units on Airbnb.

The lawsuit comes under a relatively recent New York City law that requires rental platforms like Airbnb to give information about short-term listings to the major’s office — such as the identity of the host and which bank accounts payments were made to. The city was able to discover the identity of the host from data obtained by Airbnb. The suit was filed as New York City is in the grip of a tight housing market, with critics blaming Airbnb for the squeeze by reserving units exclusively for tourists.

Hosts can only offer rentals for less than 30 days and only if they stay with their guests, with a limit of up to two guests, according to New York city and state law.

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Sen. Hawley debating Berkeley law professor over pregnant men blows up Twitter

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Outnumbered – Tuesday, July 12

On today’s episode, Charlie Hurt is ‘Outnumbered’ as President Joe Biden’s approval plummets among latinos; plus, President Biden meets with Mexican President Obrador amid migrant surge.

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A heated exchange between Mon. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Berkeley Law professor Khiara Bridges over whether men can get pregnant drew strong reactions online from both sides of the political aisle.

The Republican senator’s Twitter account shared the clip from a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on abortion Tuesday.

In the clip, Hawley asked Bridges if she meant “women” after she repeatedly referred to “people with a capacity for pregnancy.” Bridges said that “trans men and non-binary people” were also capable of carrying pregnancies. The senator then asked Bridges if abortion was still a “women’s rights issue.” Bridges responded by saying that abortion affected women as well as other people.

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Hawley, law prof clash in heated exchange over who can get pregnant: ‘Is this how you run your classroom?’

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A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on abortion and the legal consequence of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization blew up during a tense back and forth between Mon. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Berkeley Law Professor Khiara Bridges when the senator questioned her characterization of who can get pregnant.

After Bridges referred to “people with a capacity for pregnancy,” Hawley asked if she meant women. When the professor stated that some women cannot get pregnant and that some transgender men and non-binary people can, Hawley questioned whether abortion is really a women’s rights issue, as it has historically been presented. This led the professor to accuse Hawley of creating a dangerous situation with his question.

“I want to recognize that your line of questioning is transphobic, and it opens up trans people to violence by not recognizing

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