It’s true that California law allows possession ofsomesemiautomatic rifles; however, under the version of California’s “assault weapons” ban in effect in 2015, semiautomatic AR-15 rifles like the ones used by the San Bernardino shooters were illegal unless the gun’s magazine was affixed v...
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“These weapons have got to go,” LAPD Chief Daryl F. Gates said while testifying before a U.S. Senate panel. “Police all over America are united on this.” The new law banned nearly 60 types of rifles, pistols and shotguns while requiring people who already owned such weapons to regis...
Nor should “Assault Rifles” be confused with “Assault Weapons,” the latter being neither a technical or military term but rather a political one. The term derives from the U.S. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which defined “Assault Weapons” as those which...
Seven states and the District of Columbia have enacted laws banning assault weapons. The others are California, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts and New Jersey, according to the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. In addition, Minnesota and Virginia regulate assault weapons, the center said. ...
Some individual states have adopted their own iterations of the law, banning some semiautomatic weapons, but no such federal law has been in place since. According to the Giffords Law Center, which is associated with a nonprofit gun violence prevention group, seven states -- California, Connectic...
California, whose voters only seven years ago defeated an initiative that would have frozen the number of handguns in the state, last May became the first state to ban assault weapons. At the same time, gun-control organizations are beginning to match the NRA’s mass mailings, ads and lobb...
Evans, lawmakers urge ban on assault weapons Stronger law urged in wake of N.H., Calif. attacksDoris Sue Wong, Globe Staff
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Two fellow female Border Patrol agents subsequently filed restraining orders against Gonzalez. One cited her fear that Gonzalez would “attempt to come after me and physically harm me.” Another noted that Gonzalez had multiple weapons in his home and said on numerous occasions he had inappropriately...