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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....

Gun Stores Notch Big Win from Judge Nunley

September 12, 2018 7:10 amSeptember 11, 2018 8:59 pm

A 95-year-old California state law that banned gun suppliers from using images of handguns on their storefronts in order to advertise firearms has been overturned today by Sacramento-based U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley. The 1923 law “blocked dealers from...