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15 Feb ’12
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Wow, background checks for ammo?!
The state Senate on Thursday approved sweeping new restrictions on using guns in California in response to the December mass shooting by two terrorists that left 14 dead in San Bernardino.
Lawmakers approved 11 bills including measures mandating background checks for Californians buying ammunition and outlawing the manufacture and sale of semiautomatic rifles with detachable magazines.
The bills, which next go to the Assembly for consideration, represent the most ambitious effort at gun control in decades in California, which already has some of the strictest gun laws in the nation.
Gun bills have traditionally had a harder time in the Assembly, but Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon said this week he is committed to pushing them through. The bills also must pass muster with Gov. Jerry Brown, who has vetoed some gun control measures in the past that he felt were overreaching.
21 Feb ’12
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So glad I moved. With all the gang violence you'd think they would have gotten it figured out that making something illegal does nothing to get rid of it.
15 Feb ’12
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so much for shall not be ingringed
3 Jun ’12
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I grew up in nor cal during the last ban. That whole state can just fall off into the ocean.
15 Feb ’12
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this is insane, good cause? How about the freaking 2nd Amendment?
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thousands of California gun owners hoping to legally carry concealed weapons for personal protection were dealt a setback when a federal appeals court upheld a state law requiring applicants to show a good reason beyond simple safety.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that Americans don’t have a constitutional right to carry concealed guns in public and that California law enforcement officials can require applicants to show “good cause” such as routinely carrying large amounts of money before granting permits.
That ruling undid a previous 2014 ruling of the same court that tossed out the restrictions and prompted thousands of Californians to flood sheriff’s departments with concealed weapons applications seeking the permits for personal safety.
The San Diego sheriff received some 2,463 applications that didn’t show “good cause” and placed them on hold while the court sorted out the issue.
15 Feb ’12
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good, more people should push back
Fifty or so gun activists gathered Saturday morning at Sacramento’s Cesar Chavez Plaza to protest Gov. Jerry Brown’s signing of six gun control measures they said would turn “law-abiding citizens into criminals.”
One bill Brown signed will expand the state’s assault weapons ban to include “bullet-button” rifles, which allow users to quickly dislodge a magazine of ammunition by pressing a button. Others prohibit citizens from possessing magazines that hold more than 10 rounds and require background checks on people purchasing ammunition.
These stricter measures come as pressure grows nationwide to do something to rein in the proliferation of guns following a string of mass shootings, including one last month that left 49 people dead in a Florida gay nightclub.
In Washington, D.C., members of Congress recently staged a sit-in on the House floor to force a vote on gun control.
Protesters from cities across Northern California gathered at the intersection of 10th and J streets 9 a.m. Saturday. They hoisted a banner that listed the bills signed by Brown, next to the phrase: “WE WILL NOT COMPLY.”
Cory Gwathney, a co-organizer of the protest who lives in Chico, said the rally had been in the works for over two months. The initial goal was to prevent Brown from signing the bills, Gwathney said, but because the laws were signed prior to the protest, the activists changed their message to one of noncompliance.
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