California gun control - Page 2

California Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel (D) is pushing legislation to create an 11 percent excise tax on firearm and ammunition sales in the state.

On Tuesday Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) tweeted a video of Ronald Reagan praising California’s waiting period and background check legislation and claimed Reagan would be kicked out of today’s Republican Party for saying kind words about gun control.

Breitbart News spoke with presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy (R) about the left’s knee-jerk gun control reaction to high profile shootings and noted his conviction that the focus should be on things like mental health and the breakdown of the nuclear family, rather firearm laws.

A coalition of gun rights groups filed a lawsuit against California’s 10-day waiting period for gun purchases Tuesday, claiming that the state-imposed delay “isn’t analogous to any constitutionally relevant history” and therefore cannot survive the Bruen (2022) test.

Los Angeles County supervisors are pushing a .50 cal. rifle ban after a 9mm pistol was used in the January 21, 2023, Monterey Park, California, mass shooting.

A survey released Wednesday by the Public Policy Institute of California shows that two-thirds of California adults believe gun control is more important than gun rights. 

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) used a press conference Wednesday to make clear his response to recent mass shootings in California will be to limit concealed carry.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) used Wednesday’s State of the State address to propose the same gun controls now failing to stop high profile shootings in California.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) railed against “weapons of war” after the suspected Half Moon Bay shooter used a handgun to kill seven people.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) introduced legislation Monday to ban “205 military-style assault weapons by name” and prohibit transfer of “high capacity” magazines. 

Eight people were shot, one fatally, in Oakland on Monday evening, the third mass shooting event in gun-controlled California during the last three days.

Sixty-seven-year-old Zhao Chunli was taken into custody after seven people were killed in shootings on two separate farms in Half Moon Bay, California, Monday.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna indicated that the alleged Lunar New Year shooter tried to attack a second location after killing ten innocents, but his plans were foiled by a citizen who disarmed him.

The Washington Post propped up California’s failed gun controls after a Saturday night shooting at a Lunar New Year Celebration in Monterey Park resulted in ten deaths. 

The suspect in Saturday night’s Lunar New Year celebration shooting in Torrance, CA, was found dead in a white cargo van, according to the Los Angeles Times. Police believe the death was caused by a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr took part in a Biden White House gun control roundtable on Tuesday.

A Riverside County, California, Sheriff’s deputy was shot and fatally wounded during a shootout Friday around 4:20 p.m.

California’s SB 1327 went into effect on January 1, 2023, allowing private residents in the state to file suits against gun manufacturers who violate the state’s “assault weapons” ban or ban on gun sales to anyone under 21.

A series of hearing challenging California in light of NYSRPA v. Bruen (2022) are set to begin Monday in federal court in San Diego.

A shooting outside Bay Area Technology School left multiple people wounded Wednesday in gun-controlled California. 

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the launch of a gun violence prevention office amid continued shootings across the state, which is number one in gun control. 

The New York Times reports that California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed ten gun control measures into law during the month of July 2022 alone.

At least three people were shot Sunday afternoon at a car show at Peck Park in San Pedro, California.

On Friday Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill allowing private citizens to sue manufacturers and sellers of illegal “ghost guns” and any firearms which Democrats label “assault weapons.” 

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed legislation Tuesday allowing California residents to sue not only gun makers, but also gun dealers if a firearm they sold under certain circumstances is afterwards used in a crime.

Southern California police are seeking a suspect believed to be behind the shooting deaths of two people and robberies of six 7/11 stores on the convenience chain’s free Slurpee day.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed legislation into law Tuesday allowing California residents who are victims of gun crime to sue gun makers. 

The Sacramento Bee is reporting that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) new gun controls were followed days later by a mass shooting. 

Cybersecurity experts indicate the California Department of Justice did not follow basic safety protocols in the lead-up to Monday’s leak of private information related to concealed carry permit holders. 

The Los Angeles Times ran a column Monday in which an Oakland gun club leader suggests California liberals get “uneasy when it comes to the idea of black folks being armed.”

FOX News correspondent Bill Melugin reports that the individual who killed two officers on Tuesday was a gang member who was out on the streets because of Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón’s policies. 

On Tuesday Vox noted that New York’s red flag law should have prevented the Buffalo grocery shooting but the law failed to live up the promises made when it was enacted.

The suspect who allegedly opened fire in Laguna Woods’ Geneva Presbyterian Church on Sunday used handguns that were legally purchased.

NBC Los Angeles reports police arrived on scene at Laguna Woods’ Geneva Presbyterian Church to find that congregants hog-tied an alleged shooter with an extension cord.

A three-judge panel for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit struck down California’s ban on semiautomatic rifle sales to 18-20 year-olds on Wednesday.

Rapper Dom Kennedy described Los Angeles’ gun control laws as “unconstitutional” and is suing the city after being arrested for carrying a gun for self-defense.