XPost: talk.politics.guns, alt.california
From: schiffless-pelosi@latimes.com
On Wed, 24 Aug 2022 08:48:56 -0700, "max headroom"
wrote:
>thepostmillennial.com
>
>California gives children rights to undergo abortion, medical gender
>transition-but not to see ads for guns
>
>Hannah Nightingale
>
>As California continues to weigh legislation that would make the state a
refuge
>for children seeking gender changing treatments for their gender dysphoria,
the
>state has suggested that minors are old enough to weigh life changing
decisions
>regarding their bodies like surgery and vaccinations, but not old enough to
see
>depictions of firearms.
>
>A bill prohibiting gun manufacturers from marketing their products in a way
that
>is appealing to children reads that minors are "more impulsive," and "less
>likely to consider future consequences of their actions," but the state allows
>minors to get abortions and undergo medicalized gender transition without
>parental consent.
>
>In June, AB 2571, which pertains to the prohibition of marketing firearms to
>minors and allows lawsuits of this nature, was signed into the state's laws.
>California legislator Scott Wiener backs both the bills to give minors full
>medical agency, and to prohibit them from seeing potentially appealing images
of
>guns.
>
>The law equates the firearms industry with those of alcohol, cannabis, and
>tobacco, in that exceptions to the First Amendment must be made in restricting
>marketing towards minors that are prohibited from purchasing these items.
>
>"This bill would prohibit a firearm industry member, as defined, from
>advertising or marketing any firearm-related product, as defined, in a manner
>that is designed, intended, or reasonably appears to be attractive to minors,"
>the bill states.
>
>To determine whether the marketing is in fact marketing towards children, a
>court would consider whether it uses cartoon characters or caricatures, brand
>name merchandise for children, firearm-related products in sizes and colors
that
>appeal to minors, and uses imagery depicting children using firearm-related
>products, amongst other considerations.
>
>"This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of
the
>public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the
>California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect," the law states.
>
>The bill states that the measure should be enacted because minors are "more
>impulsive, more likely to engage in risky and reckless behavior, unduly
>influenced by peer pressure, motivated more by rewards than costs or negative
>consequences, less likely to consider the future consequences of their actions
>and decisions, and less able to control themselves in emotionally arousing
>situations."
>
>Despite the bill labeling minors as such, other recent legislations regarding
>hot button medical topics like abortions, vaccines, and "gender affirming
care"
>have deemed minors competent enough to make life changing decisions regarding
>their bodies.
>
>One bill that is still currently being considered by the assembly after
>amendments were made to the text is SB 866, which lowers the age that a minor
>can receive a vaccine without consent from their parents.
>
> ~1M 12-17 year olds in CA aren't vaccinated for COVID. Many want to get
>vaccinated but parents won't let them or aren't making the time to take them.
>Teens shouldn't have to rely on parents' views & availability to protect
>themselves from a deadly virus. https://t.co/50LGbIpV9h
>
> - Senator Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) January 21, 2022
>
> SB 866 allows 12-17 year olds to consent to any vaccine approved or granted
>emergency use authorization by the FDA & recommended by the CDC. As with
anyone
>else, they'll have to be clinically eligible for a particular vaccine.
>
> - Senator Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) January 21, 2022
>
>Originally, the bill would have allowed children as young as 12 to consent to
>any vaccine approved by the Food and Drug Administration without the consent
of
>a parent.
>
>In June though, the assembly amended the minimum age, bringing it up to 15.
This
>bill as proposed by State Senator Scott Wiener in 2021, sparked by the
Covid-19
>pandemic.
>
>California also allows minors 12 years and older to consent to having an
>abortion without parental consent.
>
>SB 107 would make the state a safe haven for child gender procedures,
>prohibiting out-of-state law forces from acting on subpoenas, warrants, and
>child custody issues if the child was brought into the state for procedures
like
>surgical gender reassignments or the prescribing of cross-sex hormones.
>
>The bill would also allow a court of the state to have temporary emergency
>jurisdiction over a child if they have been abandoned in the state, or if they
>have fled to the state because a family disallowed receiving gender-affirming
>care.
>
>It would prohibit any providers of health care, including insurance agencies
and
>contractors, from releasing "medical information related to sensitive services
>or related to a person or entity allowing a child to receive gender-affirming
>health care" if this information is being "requested pursuant to another
state's
>law that authorizes a person to bring a civil action against a person or
entity
>who allows a child to receive gender-affirming health care."
>
>https://thepostmillennial.com/california-gives-children-rights-
o-undergo-abortion-medical-gender-transition-but-not-to-see-ads-
or-guns?utm_campaign=64487
>
There are politicians who need to be run over by a semi on the
freeway. Wiener is one of them.
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