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Tag Archives: gun control
Jon Stewart Remark Launches 'Kumbaya Patrol' in Marin
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You could do worse than become known as a land of love and peace, a group of Marinites decided last week. That's after comedian Jon Stewart referred off-hand to a "Kumbaya Patrol" in Marin County. "Finally everyone from the NRA … Continue reading
Big California Pension Fund to Divest From Some Gun, Ammunition Companies
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From AP: SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The nation's largest teacher pension fund is taking the first step toward divesting from companies that manufacture guns and high-capacity ammunition magazines that are illegal in California. The investment committee of the California State … Continue reading
Legislators Announce Bill to Regulate Ammunition
Legislators for years have tried regulating firearms to protect people from getting shot, but on Monday, California Assemblymembers Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) and Rob Bonta (D-Alameda) unveiled a different approach, announcing a bill that would restrict the sale of bullets. In … Continue reading
SF Juvenile Probation Chief Explores Arming Officers
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by Amy Julia Harris, The Bay Citizen The head of San Francisco’s juvenile probation department, troubled by a Mission District shooting between police and a former juvenile offender, is weighing whether to allow probation officers who deal with young criminals … Continue reading
NRA Calls for Armed Police in Every School in Response to Newtown Massacre
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's largest gun-rights lobby called Friday for armed police officers to be posted in every American school to stop the next killer "waiting in the wings." The National Rifle Association broke its silence on last week's … Continue reading
Video, Full Text: NRA Responds to Newtown School Shootings
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National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre on Friday called for armed guards to protect every U.S. school in the organization's first public statement following the Dec. 14 school shootings in Newtown, Conn. Watch a video replay from NewsHour Video streaming … Continue reading
4 Myths About Assault Weapons
We've been here before. After Patrick Purdy sprayed a Stockton elementary school with a semi-automatic rifle in 1989, California legislators passed a law banning assault weapons. A few years — and massacres — later, in 1994, President Bill Clinton signed … Continue reading
KQED Forum Listeners Respond to Shows on Newtown Massacre
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KQED Public Radio's Forum has curated some comments from listeners to its three shows related to the Newtown shooting. You can listen to the shows and read all the comments here… Debating Gun Control After Newtown Shooting Puts Spotlight on … Continue reading
Gun Control Debate in Wake of Colorado Tragedy
Gun Control advocates say last week’s mass shooting in a crowded Colorado movie theater proves the United States needs strict new gun laws. But the gun rights community counters that if someone in the theater had been armed, the shooter … Continue reading
