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California lawmakers send 13 gun control bills to Gov. Brown

by Chris Eger

The California Assembly on Thursday approved a legislative package pushed by the state’s powerful Senate president to beat Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ballot initiative to a gun control body slam.

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California lawmakers full steam ahead on 11 gun control bills

by Chris Eger

Just days after a mass murder that left 49 dead in Orlando, Florida, dual Public Safety committees in the California legislature advanced nearly a dozen gun control measures.

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9 anti-gun bills advance in California Senate

by Chris Eger

The Democrat-controlled state Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday gave a rubber stamp to a sheaf of measures that would change the landscape of gun laws in California.

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Top California Dems at odds over who will lead fight for more gun control

by Chris Eger

Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is backing a sweeping ballot measure to regulate guns, while Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León is pushing his own list of bills through the Legislature.

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Multiple tough new changes to California gun laws advance

by Chris Eger

Democrats on the Senate Public Safety Committee were able to push through six gun-control bills in what opponents are calling "GunMegeddon."

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California moves to ban ‘bullet buttons’ on semi-auto rifles

by Chris Eger

Legislation introduced with the backing of the state attorney general would require semi-auto rifles to have their magazines permanently affixed in CA.

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2015 gun rights wins and losses

by Chris Eger

It was a seesaw struggle for Second Amendment litigation at both the state and federal level in 2015, with important gains for privacy and carry rights but losses on weapons bans.

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Gun lock laws proposed in New York, Delaware

by Chris Eger

With a Supreme Court challenge to mandatory gun lock laws rejected, cities and states are moving toward implementing similar requirements to lock or disable firearms not in use.

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SCOTUS lets San Francisco’s mandatory gun lock law stand

by Chris Eger

Monday the U.S. Supreme Court declined a motion to hear an appeal in a case challenging San Francisco’s controversial 2007 gun lock law – leaving two justices to cry foul.

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San Fransisco gun lock requirement case up for Supreme Court review

by Chris Eger

This week the highest court in the land has scheduled review of a case backed by gun rights groups and 26 states challenging San Francisco’s law requiring guns to be locked up, even at home.

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California AG Kamala Harris wants Boxer’s Senate seat

by Chris Eger

After news broke that long-time gun control champion U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D) would give up her seat in 2016, it only took a week before confirmation came that the state's controversial Attorney General would seek it.

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Friend of the Court brief in Jackson v City of San Francisco

by Chris Eger

Attorney Generals from 26 states have come together to back an amicus curiae brief supporting a call to have the decision in the lawsuit over San Francisco’s controversial gun lock law reviewed by the Supreme Court

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