*Breaking* Gavin Newsom Doubles Down on Gun Control: Four New Laws Signed

Each measure adds new hurdles for law-abiding gun owners — from purchase caps to parts restrictions.

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Four New Laws, One Target: Law-Abiding Citizens

Governor Newsom just signed four new gun control bills — each sold as “safety,” but together they make it harder for law-abiding Californians to buy, carry, or repair their firearms.

They include a monthly limit on firearm purchases, a ban on Glock-style pistols, penalties for those who help others make firearms, and background checks for gun barrels.

California’s political class isn’t slowing down when it comes to regulating citizens who follow the law — even while violent criminals often go free.

Gavin Newsom and his fellow progressives in the Legislature hate the Second Amendment because they eschew the entire American tradition of individual liberty tied to individual responsibility. They think that basically only the government should have guns.

AB 1078 — Bringing Back Gun-Purchase Rationing

Previously, the Legislature passed — and Governor Newsom signed — a law limiting Californians to one firearm purchase within any 30-day period. A federal court later struck it down as unconstitutional.

Now, AB 1078 works around that ruling instead of respecting it, enacting a new limit: no more than three firearms may be purchased within any 30-day window. Starting April 1 of next year, dealers must block sales once a buyer hits that limit.

In striking down the previous “one-gun-a-month” law, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals wrote,

“We are not aware of any circumstance where government may temporarily meter the exercise of constitutional rights in this manner … we doubt anyone would think government could limit citizens’ free-speech right to one protest a month, … or their free-exercise right to one worship service per month.”

This one should be a clean legal fight: if rationing one gun a month violates the Constitution, calling it three doesn’t fix it.

AB 1127 — Newsom Signs Law Targeting the Most Popular Self-Defense Handgun

AB 1127 bans licensed dealers from selling any semi-automatic pistol deemed “machinegun-convertible” — a definition so broad it sweeps in nearly every Glock-pattern handgun and similar self-defense pistol.

This is not about outlawing illegal conversion devices; federal law already bans them. The fallacy here is the notion that because a criminal could modify a lawful firearm, every law-abiding owner must be restricted. That punishes the rule-followers for what criminals might do.

As the California Rifle & Pistol Association put it:

“While proponents like to claim that the bill simply ‘eliminates DIY machine guns,’ the effect of the legislation is an outright ban on firearms widely and publicly available, and quite legal, today.”

It is no mistake that Newsom and his allies who support ever-tighter gun restrictions have chosen to ban the most popular brand of handgun used for lawful self-defense.

While this law will almost certainly face swift legal challenge, it takes effect January 1. So if you’ve been thinking about purchasing a Glock, now’s the time — but don’t wait until the last minute.

AB 1263 — Criminalizing Innovation, Chilling Rights

AB 1263 goes far beyond “ghost guns”—it expands liability to tools, designs, and even shared instructions, making routine tinkering feel risky.

The bill creates a new misdemeanor for knowingly or willfully causing, aiding, abetting, promoting, or facilitating another person’s unlawful manufacture of a firearm. It covers CNC milling machines — computer-controlled precision equipment — as well as 3-D printers and digital firearm design files.

It also expands the definition of “firearm accessory” to include any device or part intended to increase rate of fire or reloading speed — language so vague it could apply to competition magazines, trigger assemblies, or even simple aftermarket parts. Vendors must now include warning labels, and anyone convicted under this section could face a 10-year firearm prohibition even for a misdemeanor offense.

AB 1263 rests on a false premise — that punishing information and tools will fight crime. In reality, it criminalizes innovation and puts ordinary hobbyists and small-business owners at risk. The law doesn’t target violent offenders; it targets those who share knowledge. When the state treats technical instructions like contraband, it edges into policing speech, not crime.

Gun Owners of America called the bill:

“A deeply flawed and unconstitutional attempt to criminalize both technology and free expression … it punishes not just action but information itself, specifically the sharing of CAD files and CAM codes. You can’t ban information because it makes you uncomfortable.”

AB 1263 is a law that chills lawful participation—people will skip projects, shops will stop carrying parts, and innovation will stall.

SB 704 — Regulation That Functions Like a New Tax

SB 704 mandates that starting July 1, 2027, firearm barrels may only be sold or transferred in person through a licensed dealer, who must run a background check and can charge up to $5 per barrel — plus their usual fees. In practice, it’s a new de facto tax on lawful gun ownership.

By routing barrel sales through dealers, the state treats a barrel — not even a firearm — as if it were a gun. It piles new costs and red tape onto components that were previously unregulated and freely traded.

As Gun Owners of California warned, this approach is “unnecessary, duplicative, and targets the wrong people.” Rather than deter criminals, it penalizes citizens who already comply with every rule and background check the state can invent.

So, Does It Matter?

It matters because these four new laws are not isolated. California already ranks among the most anti–Second Amendment states in America, with more than a hundred firearm regulations on the books — from ammunition background checks to assault-weapon bans, microstamping mandates, ten-day waiting periods, red-flag orders, and restrictions on concealed carry.

In that context, these measures are not a bold step forward — they’re just another grain of sand on a beach already buried under gun-control laws.

Given the left-wing posture of Governor Newsom and the supermajority in the Legislature, there’s no reason to think they’ll stop here. If there’s a way to limit or burden lawful gun ownership, Sacramento will find it.

The good news is that federal courts have begun to push back. In case after case, judges are applying the Supreme Court’s Bruen standard to strike down laws that trample the constitutional rights of law-abiding Californians. That process takes time, but it’s underway — and it’s working.

For now, these laws remind us that the fight for liberty in California never ends. But they also remind us that the Constitution still has teeth — and the courts are starting to bite back.

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