This is the second time Benitez has struck down California's law banning certain types of magazines. The first time he struck it down — way back in 2017 — an appeals court ended up reversing his decision. But
“AB 2917would require the court to additionally consider a recent threat of violence or act of violence directed toward another group or location in deciding to issue a restraining order to prevent a person from purchasing a firearm or ammunition. AB 574would, beginning on March 1, 2025, addi...
can be used as a tool to help identify suspect purchases and, consequently, stop gun crime, including mass shootings. Proponents say a code for firearms merchants would allow banks and credit unions to alert law enforcement of potentially suspicious purchasing patterns in the same way they already...
— Background checks for ammunition purchases: Ammunition dealers would need to conduct a background check at the point-of-sale for all ammunition, and dealers would need a license similar to those required to sell firearms. Stores also would be required to report to law enforcement if ammunitio...
Despite vetoing seven gun control bills, Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law AB 711, a bill banning the use of lead ammunition for hunting. California is the first state to take formal action against the use of lead ammuniton.
worry about violence for themselves before and during the pandemic; concern someone they know might harm themselves or others due to a pandemic-related loss; experiences of unfair treatment related to the pandemic; firearm and ammunition purchasing; and changes in firearm storage practices due to the...
overall uptake of the law has been slow, with the increase driven primarily by law enforcement petitioners in 1 county.7With renewed interest in short-term crisis interventions to prevent firearm injury and death amid the COVID-19 pandemic—at a time when firearm purchasing has increased and co...
and Farook were neighbors in the Californian town of Riverside for around a decade, according to The New York Times. They were also loosely related by marriage, according to the paper, which said Marquez last year married a woman named Mariya Chernykh, sister to Farook's sister-in-law....
Background:Gun violence restraining orders (GVROs), implemented in California in 2016, temporarily prohibit individuals at high risk of violence from purchasing or possessing firearms and ammunition. We sought to describe the circumstances giving rise to GVROs issued 2016-2018, provide details about ...
In Parish’s words, “We have a speed limit, but people break that law too”, and copper ammunition is generally harder to find and sometimes more expensive. Equally important is that it is not what people are used to: “changing tradition is hard. It’s not as simple as ‘here’s ...