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AG Bonta Launches New Office of Gun Violence Prevention

September 22, 2022 2:33 amSeptember 22, 2022 9:37 am

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Wednesday the launch of a new branch of the California Department of Justice aimed at addressing gun violence in the state. The new branch, to be known as the Office of Gun Violence Prevention,...

School Safety: Can We Risk Politicizing It?

June 2, 2022 6:29 amJune 2, 2022 6:50 am

In the wake of the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Americans have renewed public debates on school safety, gun control, and mental health. In California, Democratic lawmakers rushed to advance a flurry of bills to tighten government regulations over...

9th Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds California’s Ban on ‘High-Capacity Firearm Magazines’

December 1, 2021 2:18 amNovember 30, 2021 9:19 pm

An 11 judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled 7-4 on Tuesday to uphold California’s ban on high-capacity firearm magazines, overturning an earlier District Court ruling. In 2016, California voters voted in favor on Proposition...

Court Of Appeals To Hear California High-Capacity Magazine Limit Law Again

February 26, 2021 7:38 amFebruary 27, 2021 2:08 pm

On Thursday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announced that an 11-member panel will reconsider a ruling made last year that had ruled against California’s ban on high-capacity magazines for firearms. High-capacity magazines have been under constant debate and...

California’s High-Capacity Magazine Ban Overturned By 9th Circuit Court

August 14, 2020 8:40 pmAugust 16, 2020 7:22 am

On Friday, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against California’s ban against high-capacity ammunition magazines, citing California’s gun law as a Second Amendment violation. California ban found to violate Second Amendment In a 2-1 decision, the San Francisco-based...

As Several Gun Laws Go into Effect, Newsom Calls for More

December 20, 2018 1:04 pmDecember 20, 2018 1:34 pm

As Sacramento’s 2019 legislative calendar is set to kick off in just over two weeks, a plethora of new gun laws will being going into effect while Governor-Elect Gavin Newsom insists “we have to do more.” Stemming from a major...

‘Collect Compensation or Face Prosecution’ Congressman Proposes

November 16, 2018 3:32 pmNovember 19, 2018 6:48 am

In a USA Today op-ed titled “Ban assault weapons, buy them back, go after resisters,” California Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-East Bay), has proposed banning all “military-style semiautomatic assault weapons” and forcing existing owners to sell their weapons or face prosecution....