Column: California proves that stricter gun laws save lives
1 year, 6 months ago

Column: California proves that stricter gun laws save lives

LA Times  

Students call for tougher gun control laws during a rally at Miguel Contreras Learning Complex in Los Angeles on March 14, 2018. Mississippi gets an “F” from Giffords: It “has the weakest gun laws in the country and the highest gun death rate.” That’s backed up by the National Center for Health Statistics. Unless I’m missing something, the fact that blue states with big urban centers — California, New York, New Jersey — have lower gun death rates than many rural red states is even more proof that gun control works. “You don’t need a gun to go to your daughter’s soccer game,” the bill’s author, Sen. Anthony Portantino, keeps repeating. You don’t need a gun to go to where alcohol is sold.” Portantino’s bill, SB 2, would ban concealed weapons in government buildings, schools, medical facilities, churches, playgrounds, athletic fields and bars.

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9th Circuit upholds California gun bans in some ‘sensitive’ places, but not others
3 months, 2 weeks ago

9th Circuit upholds California gun bans in some ‘sensitive’ places, but not others

LA Times  

A semiautomatic pistol is among several weapons displayed three years ago after being seized by the Oakland Police Department. California may enforce its recent ban on guns in “sensitive places” when it comes to parks and playgrounds, bars and restaurants that serve alcohol, casinos, stadiums, amusement parks, zoos, libraries, museums, athletic facilities and the parking areas associated with them, a …

Opinion: Will California’s new tax on gun sales reduce firearm violence?
7 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: Will California’s new tax on gun sales reduce firearm violence?

LA Times  

A display of shotguns available for sale. California’s new excise tax on guns and ammunition — an 11% levy on each sale — starts in July. The new tax — an 11% levy on each sale — will come on top of federal excise taxes of 10% or 11% for firearms and California’s 6% sales tax. Using these figures, another …

The ten most dangerous states in America ranked - as crime stats reveal new number one
7 months, 2 weeks ago

The ten most dangerous states in America ranked - as crime stats reveal new number one

Daily Mail  

Violent crime rates have dipped in recent years after a pandemic surge, but several states have been slower than most returning to safety. New Mexico has emerged as the most dangerous state in America, owning a violent crime rate of 780 cases per 100,000 people, and a property crime rate of 2,984 per 100,000 people Louisiana routinely ranks as one …

Column: California says its new gun law is about public safety. But what about these women?
11 months ago

Column: California says its new gun law is about public safety. But what about these women?

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom speaks about the prevalence of gun violence in society before signing Senate Bill 1327 in July 2022. The law, known as Senate Bill 2, was drafted as a workaround to a U.S. Supreme Court decision from 2022 that threw out a chunk of the state’s — and the nation’s — gun control regulations as unconstitutional, theoretically making it …

Things to know about a federal judge’s ruling temporarily blocking California’s gun law
1 year ago

Things to know about a federal judge’s ruling temporarily blocking California’s gun law

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Democrats running California’s government have passed some of the strictest gun laws in the country, but those efforts to restrict firearm access are increasingly facing successful challenges in court. They’ve gotten a recent boost from the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, which set a new standard for …

A troubling California trend: More violent crimes with guns even as restrictions tighten
1 year, 2 months ago

A troubling California trend: More violent crimes with guns even as restrictions tighten

LA Times  

Guns on display at a shop in Burbank. “It is particularly in the last few years that we have seen an increase in violent crime involving firearms,” said Magnus Lofstrom, policy director of criminal justice and a senior fellow at the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California. The last time firearms were involved in such a high percentage of violent …

Connecticut enacts its most sweeping gun control law since the Sandy Hook shooting
1 year, 2 months ago

Connecticut enacts its most sweeping gun control law since the Sandy Hook shooting

Associated Press  

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut’s most wide-ranging gun control measure since the 2013 law enacted after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting takes effect Sunday, with proponents vowing to pursue more gun legislation despite legal challenges happening across the country. Gavin Newsom last week signed nearly two dozen gun control measures, including laws banning firearms being carried in most public places …

Newsom signs gun laws that add new taxes and limit where owners can carry firearms
1 year, 2 months ago

Newsom signs gun laws that add new taxes and limit where owners can carry firearms

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom shakes hands Tuesday with Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel after signing Gabriel’s bill that raises taxes on guns and ammunition. Gavin Newsom signed several gun control measures Tuesday, including a bill that tightens the state’s concealed-carry rules and another that imposes a new tax on firearm and ammunition sales. “I think we need to be screaming louder about this.” “I’m …

Mass shootings spur divergent laws as states split between gun rights and control
1 year, 4 months ago

Mass shootings spur divergent laws as states split between gun rights and control

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Though the session is not expected to result in …

Mass shootings spur divergent laws as states split between gun rights and control
1 year, 4 months ago

Mass shootings spur divergent laws as states split between gun rights and control

LA Times  

People hold hands at the state Capitol in Nashville before a special session of the Tennessee Legislature on public safety Monday. Tennessee’s Republican-led Legislature is meeting in special session this week to consider a package of public safety proposals, including some stemming from a deadly shooting at a Nashville elementary school earlier this year. More than half the states have …

Gun control laws in California and beyond in peril as Supreme Court expands 2nd Amendment
1 year, 5 months ago

Gun control laws in California and beyond in peril as Supreme Court expands 2nd Amendment

LA Times  

It wasn’t until 2008 that the Supreme Court for the first time struck down a gun control law, ruling the 2nd Amendment protected the “right of law-abiding, responsible citizens” to keep a handgun at home for self-defense. VIDEO | 04:47 Gun control laws in California may be challenged as Supreme Court expands the 2nd Amendment An opinion by Supreme Court …

Conservative America has far more gun deaths than liberal America, study finds
1 year, 7 months ago

Conservative America has far more gun deaths than liberal America, study finds

Salon  

A horrific recent trend of mass shootings has severely polarized Americans on the topic of firearms. Yet several recent studies have revealed the exact opposite: In regions dominated by pro-gun politicians, the number of gun deaths is far higher than in areas controlled by pro-gun control politicians. After analyzing gun violence statistics from America's different cultural regions from 2010 to …

Colorado governor signs 4 gun control bills after massacre
1 year, 7 months ago

Colorado governor signs 4 gun control bills after massacre

Associated Press  

DENVER — Colorado’s governor signed four gun control bills Friday, following the lead of other states struggling to confront a nationwide surge in violent crime and mass shootings, despite a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that expanded Second Amendment rights. “It’s a sad day for Colorado; we are becoming one of the most anti-Second Amendment states in the nation,” said …

How the gun-loving South dominates these United States
1 year, 8 months ago

How the gun-loving South dominates these United States

Raw Story  

Call me old-school, but I love reading print. But it’s not good, actually bad, to presume what Page presumes, which is this: “The findings underscore the political risks for Republicans at odds with broader public opinion on the response to a spate of mass shootings.” Does anyone think Republicans really face “political risks” for being at odds with broader public …

Opinion: Republicans Should Rejoice; We Are Now Numb To Gun Violence
1 year, 8 months ago

Opinion: Republicans Should Rejoice; We Are Now Numb To Gun Violence

Huff Post  

There is a stark, startling conclusion one can draw from the endless string of mass shootings we’ve seen in America: Murder is one of the prices we pay for the freedoms we say we want. They point to California’s gun laws as proof given those three nearly back-to-back mass shootings earlier this year. “If the country had California’s firearm death …

Gun violence in the US has become more lethal, research suggests
1 year, 8 months ago

Gun violence in the US has become more lethal, research suggests

CNN  

CNN — A record number of people are dying from firearm injuries in the US, and new research suggests that shootings are becoming more lethal, too. Nearly 49,000 people died from firearm injuries in the US in 2021, CDC data shows – an unprecedented surge of about 23% over two years during the Covid-19 pandemic. “That includes larger magazine capacity …

Opinion: The reality of gun violence in the US is bleak, but history shows it’s not hopeless
1 year, 8 months ago

Opinion: The reality of gun violence in the US is bleak, but history shows it’s not hopeless

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Julian Zelizer, a CNN political analyst, is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. CNN — Given the widespread availability of guns in this country and the hundreds of mass shootings that take place each year, many Americans are either haunted by the trauma of gun violence or fearful of the possibility that they or …

Most states get an ‘F’ on gun laws this year in new analysis by advocacy group
1 year, 8 months ago

Most states get an ‘F’ on gun laws this year in new analysis by advocacy group

CNN  

A version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. CNN — Most US states get a failing grade on gun laws, according to a new scorecard published by the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. The key point is that more permissive gun laws equal more gun deaths in US states: Of the 10 states with the …

California Democrats try again to rewrite concealed-carry gun law
1 year, 10 months ago

California Democrats try again to rewrite concealed-carry gun law

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom speaks about the prevalence of gun violence before signing Senate Bill 1327, gun legislation modeled after Texas abortion ban, into law at Santa Monica College in July. Gavin Newsom and a coalition of top Democrats quickly got behind a bill last year that they said would comply with the Supreme Court decision barring states from making people show …

Mass shootings lead to widening divide on state gun policies
1 year, 10 months ago

Mass shootings lead to widening divide on state gun policies

Associated Press  

— Mass shootings have commanded public attention on a disturbingly frequent basis across the U.S., from a supermarket slaying in Buffalo, New York, to an elementary school tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, to a recent shooting at a California dance hall. Rather than provoking a unified response from elected officials, each additional shooting seems to be widening the political divide among …

California already has nation’s strictest gun laws. Mass shootings could spur push to go further
1 year, 11 months ago

California already has nation’s strictest gun laws. Mass shootings could spur push to go further

LA Times  

Law enforcement officials on Sunday secure and investigate the scene where a gunman opened fire at a ballroom dance studio in Monterey Park. After a deadly wave of mass shootings in the United States last year — including one in Buffalo, N.Y., and another at a school in Uvalde, Texas — that collectively killed 31, California’s Democratic-controlled Legislature responded by …

DC Edit | End gun culture in America
1 year, 11 months ago

DC Edit | End gun culture in America

Deccan Chronicle  

By one count of the inexplicable madness of mass shootings in the United States of America, there were as many as 648 instances in 2022. Considering most, if not all, shooters are male, what gun violence points to is something sociologists are now describing as stemming from the toxic masculinity of life in America. Irrespective of the most recent bipartisan …

As US Faces Multiple Mass Shootings — An Essential Question: Why Is It So Hard To Make Gun Laws Stricter?
1 year, 11 months ago

As US Faces Multiple Mass Shootings — An Essential Question: Why Is It So Hard To Make Gun Laws Stricter?

News 18  

Seven people were killed in two separate shootings at agricultural facilities in a California coastal town south of San Francisco on Monday, the state’s third mass killing in eight days, including Saturday’s attack at a dance hall that killed 11 people during Lunar New Year celebrations. Less than two weeks later, in collaboration with the various states and territories that …

More mass shootings than days of the year: The grim reality of gun violence in the US
1 year, 11 months ago

More mass shootings than days of the year: The grim reality of gun violence in the US

Firstpost  

The gun problem in the United States is grave. The Saturday incident was the deadliest mass shooting in the US since the massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, in May last year, wherein 19 children and two teachers were killed. As per the non-profit research group Gun Violence Archive, on Sunday alone, the US saw three mass shootings …

California mass shooting: Gun laws in the state are stricter than in the rest of US, but are they enough?
1 year, 11 months ago

California mass shooting: Gun laws in the state are stricter than in the rest of US, but are they enough?

Firstpost  

America once again saw a mass shooting on Sunday during Lunar New Year celebrations in California’s Monterey Park, a majority Asian-American city on the eastern edge of Los Angeles. While there is still much we don’t know about the motive in this senseless attack, we do know that many families are grieving tonight, or praying that their loved one will …

Oregon voters approve permit-to-purchase for guns and ban high-capacity magazines
2 years, 1 month ago

Oregon voters approve permit-to-purchase for guns and ban high-capacity magazines

NPR  

Oregon voters approve permit-to-purchase for guns and ban high-capacity magazines toggle caption Andrew Selsky/AP PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregonians have voted to significantly tighten the state's gun laws, according to a call by The Associated Press. Until now, only seven states and Washington, D.C., have had permit-to-purchase laws that apply to all firearms, according to the Giffords Law Center, a national …

Democrats in Florida seek to win over Latinos on gun control
2 years, 2 months ago

Democrats in Florida seek to win over Latinos on gun control

Associated Press  

MIAMI — Annette Taddeo walked to a podium overlooking Miami’s Biscayne Bay and described to her audience how she had fled terrorism as a teenager in Colombia and now feared for the safety of her 16-year-old daughter at an American public school. A blue and bright orange bus behind the Democratic congressional candidate carried this message in Spanish: “A future …

US gun debate is loaded with belligerence
2 years, 4 months ago

US gun debate is loaded with belligerence

China Daily  

Americans urge against gun in the street. As of July 2022, there have been over 300 mass shootings in the United States, leaving over 300 people dead, over 1,000 injured, and many more wondering why there is such staunch resistance from politicians and pro-gun advocates to even reasonable gun regulations. Many people come from military families and they're proud to …

These are the gun control laws passed in 2022
2 years, 4 months ago

These are the gun control laws passed in 2022

CNN  

CNN — Several high-profile mass shootings and a sustained rise in gun violence across the United States in 2022 have spurred law enforcement officials and lawmakers to push for more gun control measures. Many states – including California, Delaware and New York – have also passed new laws to help curb gun violence, such as regulating untraceable ghost guns and …

California governor signs gun control law that mimics controversial Texas anti-abortion ‘bounty’ law
2 years, 5 months ago

California governor signs gun control law that mimics controversial Texas anti-abortion ‘bounty’ law

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The governor of California …

War on California gun laws revs up after Supreme Court’s ‘right to carry’ decision
2 years, 5 months ago

War on California gun laws revs up after Supreme Court’s ‘right to carry’ decision

LA Times  

A sales associate takes a close look at handguns for sale at Burbank Ammo & Guns in Burbank on June 23, 2022. In New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. vs. Bruen, the Supreme Court not only ruled that broad limits against people carrying firearms in states like New York and California were unconstitutional, but that other restrictions on …

Republicans Complain About Violent Crime, But They Don’t Want to Talk About The Cause
2 years, 5 months ago

Republicans Complain About Violent Crime, But They Don’t Want to Talk About The Cause

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING As violent crime rates in the U.S. have ticked upward in recent years, conservative politicians have blamed progressive policies and blue-state lawmakers for being “soft on crime.” What they have largely ignored, however, is that crimes involving guns account for a significant portion of this increase. “Where there are more guns, there are more homicides.” - Kelly …

California enacts sweeping gun control laws, setting up a legal showdown
2 years, 5 months ago

California enacts sweeping gun control laws, setting up a legal showdown

LA Times  

Less than a month after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against restrictions on carrying firearms in public in a substantial victory for 2nd Amendment advocates, California Gov. I think it’s important to adopt the laws and then see where the court is going to draw the line.” Eugene Volokh, a UCLA School of Law professor, said the Supreme Court’s decision …

Gun violence in America: A long list of forgotten victims
2 years, 5 months ago

Gun violence in America: A long list of forgotten victims

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Ala. — Amid the stream of mass shootings that have become chillingly commonplace in America, the reality of the nation’s staggering murder rate can often be seen more clearly in the deaths that never make national news. Just 5% of mass shootings end with four or more people dead, he said, “and only a quarter of those are in …

Column: Is California ready for more Black people to legally carry guns in public?
2 years, 5 months ago

Column: Is California ready for more Black people to legally carry guns in public?

LA Times  

Nathan W. Jones leads the Bay Area chapter of the Black Gun Owners Assn. It has to be us.” So, on Thursday, while many were apoplectic over the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the rights of gun owners to carry a loaded weapon in public — throwing gun control laws in California and New York into limbo at a time …

US Senate passes bipartisan gun safety bill, first in decades
2 years, 6 months ago

US Senate passes bipartisan gun safety bill, first in decades

Al Jazeera  

Senate bill is the first significant gun control legislation to pass in three decades and comes in the wake of mass shootings that killed more than 30 people in Texas and New York. The Senate bill, approved in a 65-33 vote, is the first significant gun control legislation to pass in three decades, in a country with the highest gun …

California leaders pledge new law to address gun ruling
2 years, 6 months ago

California leaders pledge new law to address gun ruling

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California legislators will consider a new law within days to keep dangerous people from carrying concealed weapons in public, Gov. Newsom in a tweet called the ruling a “dangerous decision from a court hell bent on pushing a radical ideological agenda and infringing on the rights of states to protect our citizens from being gunned down in …

States with strict gun-permitting laws consider next steps
2 years, 6 months ago

States with strict gun-permitting laws consider next steps

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Attorney General Rob Bonta told California law enforcement agencies …

US SC rules Americans have fundamental right to carry firearms in public
2 years, 6 months ago

US SC rules Americans have fundamental right to carry firearms in public

Firstpost  

The 6-3 decision follows a series of recent mass shootings and is expected to ultimately allow more people to legally carry guns on the streets of the United States Washington: The Supreme Court said Thursday that Americans have a right to carry guns in public, a major expansion of gun rights. The justices’ 6-3 decision follows a series of recent …

Editorial: California gun laws under threat by right-wing Supreme Court
2 years, 6 months ago

Editorial: California gun laws under threat by right-wing Supreme Court

LA Times  

Hundreds of people participate in a rally during the March for Our Lives against gun violence event in downtown Los Angeles on June 11. California’s long history of promoting public safety by embracing reasonable restrictions on guns is under threat by a Supreme Court thatput its ideology above common-sense efforts to reduce the risk of violence and death. Legislation being …

Column: California’s tough gun laws have made the state safer than the rest of the country
2 years, 6 months ago

Column: California’s tough gun laws have made the state safer than the rest of the country

LA Times  

Retiree Yrma Fuentes holds the front page of the local newspaper showing photos of the 19 children and two teachers killed in the May 24 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. “But California children are half as likely to be shot.” Let’s examine the key elements of California’s laws, and how they might have interfered with the latest major gun-related outrages …

Essential Politics: Gun deaths dropped in California as they rose in Texas: Gun control seems to work
2 years, 6 months ago

Essential Politics: Gun deaths dropped in California as they rose in Texas: Gun control seems to work

LA Times  

Beto O’Rourke, the Democrat running against Republican Gov. A survey last year by the Pew Research Center, for example, showed that by 87% to 12%, Americans supported “preventing people with mental illnesses from purchasing guns.” By 81% to 18% they backed “making private gun sales and sales at gun shows subject to background checks.” And by a smaller but still …

States divided along partisan lines in response to shootings
2 years, 6 months ago

States divided along partisan lines in response to shootings

Associated Press  

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington Gov. Their jeering turned to applause when Republican Rep. Terry Roy said voters don’t want further gun control: “We should not ever, ever use tragedy to push legislation,” he said. An effort on Wednesday by Democratic lawmakers in Pennsylvania’s GOP-controlled Legislature to ban owning, selling or making high-capacity, semi-automatic firearms also failed, as House Republicans displayed …

After mass shootings like Uvalde, national gun control fails but states often loosen gun laws
2 years, 6 months ago

After mass shootings like Uvalde, national gun control fails but states often loosen gun laws

Firstpost  

An 18-year-old shooter killed at least 19 fourth grade students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School, marking the deadliest school shooting in the US in a decade. That’s not to say Democrats never tighten gun laws there are prominent examples of Democratic-controlled states passing new legislation following mass shootings. Our research shows, however, that Democrats don’t tighten gun laws …

What’s stopping action on gun control in the United States?
2 years, 6 months ago

What’s stopping action on gun control in the United States?

Al Jazeera  

Demands grow for tougher laws after 19 children and two teachers killed in Texas school shooting. Grief is turning to anger, as Americans once again demand tougher gun control laws. But the United States Congress has repeatedly failed to pass tougher gun control legislation. Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom Guests: Joseph Sakran – Gun violence survivor and Director of Emergency General Surgery …

States with the most gun violence share one trait
2 years, 6 months ago

States with the most gun violence share one trait

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. The advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety, which endorses stronger gun laws, takes the CDC data ongun deathsper 100,000 residents and puts that alongside each state’s gun laws. Conversely, with the exception of Louisiana, the states with the highest gun death rates and highest gun ownership rates are among …

US school attack: Stand up to the gun lobby
2 years, 6 months ago

US school attack: Stand up to the gun lobby

Hindustan Times  

The grisly murder of 19 children by an 18-year-old gunman in a Texas elementary school brings America’s puzzling aversion to gun control to the fore again, along with the disappointing reality that with midterm elections coming up, little is likely to change legislatively, especially in gun-friendly states such as Texas. The rampage at Robb Elementary School in the heavily Latino …

Debate Around Gun Laws In US And Who Are Opposing Gun Control Measures - News18
2 years, 7 months ago

Debate Around Gun Laws In US And Who Are Opposing Gun Control Measures - News18

News 18  

As US president Joe Biden took to the podium in the White House briefing room and addressed the nation in the aftermath of the Uvalde school shooting in Texas, he urged citizens to ‘stand up to the’ powerful pro-gun lobby. In reality, acting on gun laws and bringing legislation that would control the sale and purchase of guns is a …

Texas shooting: Another mass shooting, another US gun control debate
2 years, 7 months ago

Texas shooting: Another mass shooting, another US gun control debate

Firstpost  

It was the eighth mass shooting this year, according to the Everytown gun control group, and came 10 days after another 18-year-old murdered 10 African Americans at a supermarket in New York Washington: A mass shooting that left 18 schoolchildren dead in the deeply pro-gun state of Texas on Tuesday increased pressure on US politicians to take action over the …

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