Gov. Gavin Newsom called the new measure 'long overdue,' saying that the banning binge of diversity materials has to come to an end.
in the state, using the tax money to fund more security at public schools along with various violence prevention programs.
The California law imposes an 11% tax in addition to the federal tax of 10% or 11%, depending on the type of weapon. The book-ban law comes as school book bans and restrictions across the U.S. increased by 33% in the last school year, according to aThe free speech group said it found 3,362 cases of book bans — an increase from 2,532 bans in the 2021-22 school year.
The majority of the book bans came disproportionately from Florida, which accounts for more than 40% of book bans in the last school year — or 1,406 instances. Texas was next with 625, followed by 333 in Missouri, 281 in Utah and 186 in Pennsylvania.
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