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FIRST ON FOX: A company that sells self-defense weapons brought a lawsuit on Wednesday against Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, alleging that California, a state heavy on gun restrictions, was violating the Second Amendment because it also hindered people from buying less-lethal self-defense products.

Bryna Technologies CEO Bryan Ganz told Fox News Digital his company’s weapons, which look like revolvers but shoot powerful chemical irritants rather than lethal bullets, were legal in all 50 states. But California, Ganz said, blocked sales of Byrna’s ammunition and launchers.

“It’s easier for a Californian to get a license to carry a lethal weapon than to carry a Byrna with chemical irritant rounds,” Ganz said. “So they’re clearly driving some peop

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