State Democrats Pushing For Nation’s Toughest Gun Laws
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Calling the Newtown, Conneticut shooting the “tipping point,” Democrats up and down California hope to pass new tougher gun laws. Democrats, who control the state legislature,...
View ArticleCalifornia Challenges Concealed Weapons Ruling
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s attorney general on Thursday appealed a federal court decision that overturned San Diego County’s concealed weapons restrictions. Kamala D. Harris asked the full...
View ArticleLawmakers Pass Bills On Guns And Ammo
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Friday acted on bills that tackle firearm safety and add rules for ammunition sales. The Senate unanimously passed SB505 by Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson,...
View ArticleCalifornia Voters Consider Expanding Tough Gun Laws
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California voters are considering expanding some of the nation’s toughest gun control measures. A measure on Tuesday’s ballot would ban large-capacity ammunition magazines,...
View ArticlePres. Trump Dismisses Question On Extreme Vetting For Gun Ownership
(CNN) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday “there would have been no difference three days ago” in the deadly Texas shooting if an extreme vetting policy for gun ownership had been in place. “If you...
View ArticleFew States Let Courts Take Guns From People Deemed A Threat
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The warnings around Nikolas Cruz seemed to flash like neon signs: expelled from school, fighting with classmates, a fascination with weapons and hurting animals, disturbing...
View ArticleAfter Years Of Dejection, Proponents Of Gun Laws See Hope
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The progression has become numbingly repetitive — mass bloodshed unleashed by a gunman, followed by the stories of the fallen, the funerals, the mourning, the talking heads and...
View ArticleGun Advocates Speak Out In Wake Of Florida School Shooting
LODI (CBS13) — As walkouts and gun control protests continue across the country, gun advocates are also speaking out in the wake of the Florida school shooting. Gun dealers and attendees at the Lodi...
View Article20-Year-Old Sues Dick’s And Walmart Over New Gun Policies
CBS Local — A 20-year-old man in Oregon is suing Dick’s Sporting Goods and Walmart over their new gun policies after the stores refused to sell him a rifle. Tyler Watson filed the lawsuit on March 5...
View ArticleBill Would Expand Gun Violence Restraining Order Rules
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Four days after the deadly school shooting in Texas, a gun violence bill in California is moving forward. This legislation would expand the list of people who can request that guns...
View ArticleStudy: Children In States With Strict Gun Laws Less Likely To Die In...
(CNN) — Strict firearm legislation could be the answer to a disturbing increase in gun deaths among young people, according to a new study. In a paper published Monday in the journal Pediatrics,...
View ArticleSome California Lawmakers Push For Stricter Gun Laws After Gilroy Mass Shooting
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — California has some of the strictest gun laws in the country, and on Monday, there was a renewed call from some lawmakers to make them even tougher, in light of the mass shooting...
View ArticleCalifornia Ammo Check Law Blocked 100 Sales In First Month
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s new ammunition background check law in its first month stopped more than 100 people from buying bullets illegally, officials said late Monday as they struggled to...
View ArticleCourt Reinstates California Ammunition Purchase Law
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An appeals court has reinstated a California law requiring background checks for people buying ammunition, reversing a federal judge’s decision to stop the checks that he said...
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