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Gov. Brown Enacts Ban On Handgun Open Carry
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) – Gov. Jerry Brown’s has signed a measure that bans the open carrying of handguns in California. The law, AB144, makes it a misdemeanor to carry an exposed and unloaded gun in a...
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SF Appeals Panel Takes Up Long-Running Battle Over Gun Shows
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A long-running battle over gun shows at the Alameda County fairgrounds appeared headed at an appeals court hearing in San Francisco Monday for a possible resolution in which...
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Mediation Ordered In Alameda County Fairgrounds Gun Show Dispute
PLEASANTON (CBS SF) — A federal appeals court in San Francisco Wednesday ordered mediation on a long-running battle over whether gun shows can be held at the Alameda County fairgrounds in Pleasanton. A...
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Alameda County Avoids Legal Woes, Allows Gun Shows
OAKLAND (CBS/AP) – A years-long showdown over the right to bear arms in Alameda County appears to be over now that the county has agreed to allow tightly restricted gun shows on government property. A...
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Feinstein, Democrats Seek Tougher Gun Laws Following Colorado Massacre
WASHINGTON (KCBS) – Senator Dianne Feinstein joined several other Democrats on Tuesday to call for new gun control laws in the wake of last week’s mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater. “Why do you...
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California State Senate Approves Banning Open Carry Of Rifles
SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — California would prohibit the public display of rifles and shotguns under a bill approved by the state Senate. The measure responds to gun rights advocates who took to openly...
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Limited California Ban On Carrying Rifles Heads To Gov. Brown
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) — A bill that would ban the public display of rifles and shotguns in most California cities and towns is on its way to the governor over stiff objections from numerous lawmakers....
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Jonestown Massacre Survivor Speier Named To Gun Control Task Force
SAN MATEO (KCBS) – A Bay Area lawmaker who survived a massacre was appointed Friday to the Congressional task force on gun control created in response to the Connecticut elementary school killings....
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Vallejo Gun Rights Meeting Draws Overflow Crowd
VALLEJO (KCBS) – An overflow crowd at Vallejo City Hall Wednesday night debated the future of gun rights in America at a town hall style meeting called by the North Bay Congressman leading the House...
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Gun Rights Advocates Gather Outside Senator Feinstein’s SF Office
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— A handful of gun rights supporters gathered in front of California U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein’s San Francisco office to protest her proposed assault weapons ban. The long-time...
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KPIX 5 Poll: Californians Say Gun Control More Important Than Gun Rights
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — Half of all Californians believe it is more important to control gun ownership than it is to protect the rights of American citizens to own guns, according to a KPIX-TV poll...
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U.S. Senate Blocks Gun Background Checks & Feinstein’s Assault Ban
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBS/AP) — U.S. Senate Republicans backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats scuttled the most far-reaching gun control legislation in two decades on Wednesday, refusing to...
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Guns In Your Home: A Statistical Accident Waiting To Happen
Many U.S. citizens consider their right to own a gun as basic as their right to eat, vote or go to school. Passions run high about the second amendment and, since the Newtown shootings, has served to...
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Sunnyvale Voters To Consider Tough Gun Control Measure
SUNNYVALE (KCBS) – The Sunnyvale city council has voted to put a gun safety measure on the November ballot that would prohibit the sale of weapons holding more than 10 rounds. Most of the public...
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Voters To Decide Controversial Gun Control Measure On Sunnyvale Ballot
SUNNYVALE (KCBS / KPIX 5) — Residents of Sunnyvale will cast their vote on a controversial gun control measure on Tuesday’s ballot. Measure C would require all firearms to be locked up when not in use,...
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NRA, SFPD Officers’ Group Sue City Over New Gun Control Measures
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — The National Rifle Association is suing on behalf of the San Francisco Veteran Police Officers Association over the city’s upcoming ban on the possession of gun magazines capable...
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Court: California Concealed Weapons Rules Violate 2nd Amendment
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — A divided federal appeals court on Thursday struck down California concealed-weapons rules, saying they violate the Second Amendment right to bear arms. The 2-1 ruling of a...
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California Challenges Concealed Weapons Ruling
SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — California’s attorney general on Thursday appealed a federal court decision that overturned San Diego County’s concealed weapons restrictions. Kamala D. Harris asked the full...
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Isla Vista Massacre Prompts New California Gun Legislation Forcing Officers...
SACRAMENTO (CBS SF / AP) — Law enforcement officers would be required to check state firearms records as part of routine welfare checks under legislation proposed in the wake of the deadly rampage last...
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10-Day Waiting Period For California Gun Owners Struck Down, Applies Only To...
SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — A federal judge has overturned part of a California law requiring a 10-day waiting period for gun buyers, ruling that it does not apply to those who already own firearms. U.S....
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Court Ruling Paves Way For More Concealed Weapons Permits In California
SACRAMENTO (KPIX 5) – Gun rights advocates in California are cheering a court ruling that could allow more people to obtain a concealed weapons permit. Advocates estimate two million more Californians...
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Federal Court Upholds Sunnyvale’s Ban On Gun Magazines That Can Hold More...
SAN FRANCISCO/SUNNYVALE (KCBS)— An appeals court has upheld Sunnyvale’s ban on gun magazines that can hold more than 10 bullets. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected gun owners’ arguments...
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Trump: ‘Second Amendment People’ Could Do Something About Clinton, Judges
(CBS News) — Donald Trump suggested at a rally Tuesday afternoon that the “Second Amendment people” could do something about Hillary Clinton choosing judges if she is elected president, a comment some...
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Court Upholds Banning Gun Sales To Marijuana Card Holders
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — A federal government ban on the sale of guns to medical marijuana card holders does not violate the 2nd Amendment, a federal appeals court said Wednesday. The ruling by the...
View ArticleRetired Justice Stevens Urges Repeal Of Second Amendment
WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is calling for the repeal of the Second Amendment to allow for significant gun control legislation. The 97-year-old Stevens says in an...
View ArticleFederal Judge Rules Assault Weapons Ban Doesn’t Violate 2nd Amendment
BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging Massachusetts’ ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines, saying in a ruling released Friday that the weapons fall beyond the...
View Article9th Circuit Court Upholds Ban On Gun Possession By Undocumented Immigrants
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Tuesday upheld a U.S. law that makes it a crime for people who are illegally in the United States to possess a gun. The 9th U.S....
View Article9th Circuit Court Panel Ends California Ban On High-Capacity Magazines
SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday threw out California’s ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines, saying the law violates the U.S....
View ArticleSan Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo Renews Calls For Mandatory Insurance, Annual Fees...
SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) – In the wake of the VTA mass shooting, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo has reintroduced his proposal for mandatory gun owners’ insurance and an annual gun fee, in addition to other...
View ArticleSan Jose Mandates Video Recording Of All Gun Purchases In Wake Of VTA Shooting
SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) — In the wake of a workplace mass shooting that claimed the lives of nine transit workers, San Jose officials have passed a new gun law that requires retailers to video record all...
View ArticleGun Control: San Jose City Council Set To Approve Mandatory Insurance, Annual...
SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) — One month after the mass shooting at the VTA railyard, the San Jose City Council is expected to pass several gun control measures, including requirements to buy liability insurance...
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