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California leaders brace for more bad news for state gun laws after latest court decision

California leaders brace for more bad news for state gun laws after latest court decision
Literally have nothing to add. Uh not figuratively, actually, literally nothing to add except gratitude, appreciation for all of those remarkable leaders, Senator Portman Tino uh in particular, Attorney General rob Bonta who drove this effort last year uh and will be driving it as we initiate the new legislative uh session this year to all of those uh that hold perhaps an even more extraordinary title and that is uh leaders with moral authority, Those with moms demand action and brady and Giffords. None of this is possible without you. None of California's progress and gun safety has been possible without your extraordinary leadership and your capacity to distill the essence of what uh this is all about. And I will assure you, I mean, spent the latter part of the last uh 10 or so days visiting with victims of violence to mass shootings, one in Half Moon Bay and of course, uh Monterey Park. Uh this is brought uh into form and substance that only furthers my resolve to continue California's rightful position as *** leader in the gun safety movement, it has been said, but let me punctuate the point that was asserted and reinforce it. Uh The national conversation and gun safety has been led by the state of California. Going back to, you can argue year of my birth, 1967 May, where we began the process of advancing common sense gun safety reforms, 1989. The assault weapons ban leadership that emanated out of the state of California 1990 for the national assault weapons ban by our own Senator Dianne Feinstein after the tragedies of the 101 California shooting. We continued to recognize with humility that we can do more and better and was punctuated as well, that we did just that last year with the ghost guns legislation and extending liability to manufacturers of these weapons, particularly weapons of mass destruction. We continued that leadership with remarkable leaders behind me, uh led an effort around marketing to Children and just the the outrage as *** parent of seeing blue pacifiers and pink pacifiers used in ads to promote J. R. Fifteens so that young Children babies can learn the muscle memory that is required when they're old enough or perhaps unfortunate enough to be in the possession of *** weapon of mass destruction. Uh, an ***. R. 15 type platform. Uh, it's remarkable. We're living at this moment in time. It's also remarkable. It's *** point of contrast that we're living *** moment in time when you have states like florida moving in the exact opposite direction was stated earlier this week. The governor of florida wants to move without any permits or any consideration, no requirements whatsoever. None for training. Why should you be trained Despite all the evidence? Not even evidence. It's not even there's no controversy here that everything that was stated was factual. I think the only distinction is that 36 or 37% lower than the national average? The gun death rate in the state of California, Is it 58% or 59% lower gun death rate for Children. Are we the seventh lowest or the 44th highest in terms of safety related to gun safety. Those are the only distinctions in the data. Gun safety saves lives, more guns, more lives lost. The data is overwhelming. You saw in the descent of this new york decision that reinforced by the justices that pointed out more handguns. More suicides, More handguns. More suicides. Three times more likely men to die suicides in the possession of handgun. Seven times if you're *** woman more likely to die of suicide with handguns, this will lead to more handgun possession more suicides. This will lead to more officer involved shootings, no officers being killed in the line of duty. Three times higher rate of incidents. On the basis of the number of guns in their states. These are the facts Not only in evidence there well understood by those that are open argument, interested in evidence, if not understood by the ideologues and that's what we're up against the history. Only ideologues that go back to. Well, they're selected history, what the world looked like in 1790. Wonder what what 304 million people living in America biggest city in America New York I think had maybe 30-33,000 people, predominantly rural farmers. This history only approach. You're seeing it over and over again. Look forward to Judge Benitez decision. It's already written where he's likely to overturn our assault weapons ban. Stay tuned. That's *** preview of things to come in the next few weeks. Large capacity magazine clips that will likely be thrown out by these same ideologues. We saw judge nelson, great trump appointee who talked about revolutionary armies and how young men were the ones that stood between freedom and tyranny, presumably somehow equating those that are doing the same with yeah, AR 15s or other assault weapons to those with muskets means perverse. The whole thing is perverse. And the selectivity of the history on the approach is well understood by those that well are willing to understand history. Read the dissent on this decision for *** master class in understanding the absurdity of the decision that forces us to the position we're in today where we have to remove the word may and insert the word shell. Shell provide this right as they assert. But with conditions and caveats that I think are quite thoughtful and learned based upon reality lived reality based upon public safety and the need and desire to keep you safe, keep our law enforcement officers safe to keep people that are struggling safe. And so that's what brings us all here is that spirit. Um, and I couldn't be more proud of the remarkable leaders that are assembled here today. Once again, there's an elephant in the room. We fell short last year. No one's naive about that. There was one disappointing thing about *** remarkable legislative year. Uh, it was that we fell *** little short. That's not gonna happen this year. No question about that. Um, and uh, and that's because you've been given up and you're not gonna give into that cynicism. So we're here with absolute confidence and expectation. You can write that one, write that check, take that. What's the old phrase to the bank? I will be signing this legislation. I don't think that I know that. So you can ask me how I just do just going to happen, um, because of the folks behind me and because it's the right thing to do. Um, and so we're at that moment, um, where we need to also be mindful in this final words and we'll open up too many questions I imagine you have on this subject. Um, but mindful as was stated that despite the efficacy of our gun safety laws that have been nation leading no other state doing more, not just to lead the national conversation, but to advance common sense gun safety that the last few weeks just remind us that this is we're not an island on our own, that we need the federal government to participate in advance. Similar as rob was saying common sense. But it's hard. I was there at Monterey Park thinking is this *** two or three day national story and the next day I was in Half Moon Bay saying, is this *** one day story. Well, why don't you check your national feeds? 50 plus mass shootings Was stated so far this year. 50 years. I don't know how many days in January 3031 50 so far. 50 plus 1500 people just gunned down and it's just become so normalized. We're just not gonna allow that. We're going to continue to do more and do better with humility. We're gonna continue to assess what did or did not occur as it relates to those mass shootings that have been well chronicled, understand what we can do to complement the work because it's solving for *** pattern. We're trying to solve for *** pattern and we're not gonna lay, we're gonna fall prey to the predictable response to every shooting. Well, this law in this case would have solved this issue. There's *** pattern and California's been solving for *** pattern in its working, we're saving lives, but we have more work to do. And this is part of this effort and I couldn't be again more proud to be with all of you at this time and I cannot impress upon you more how much I look forward to signing this bill. As soon as it gets to my desk with that, we're here to answer any questions
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California leaders brace for more bad news for state gun laws after latest court decision
California leaders vowed to double down their efforts to protect people from gun violence following a federal court's decision Thursday to strike down a law that prohibited people with domestic violence restraining orders from having guns. The state's department of justice said the rule in California remains in effect, despite the court's ruling. "Wake up, America – this assault on our safety will only accelerate. This is serious – and it’s coming to California," Governor Gavin Newsom said in a statement Thursday. "We are probably only weeks away from another activist judge, Judge Roger Benitez, striking down California's bans on assault weapons and large capacity magazines. California will continue to fight against these extremist judges to protect our residents’ right to be free from gun violence." The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the federal law targeting those believed to pose a domestic violence threat was unconstitutional and could not stand under the Bruen test, which requires gun laws to have a historical analogy to the firearm regulations in place at the time of the Constitution’s framing, according to CNN. “Through that lens, we conclude that (the law’s) ban on possession of firearms is an ‘outlier’ that our ancestors would never have accepted,” the 5th Circuit wrote. The ruling was written by Judge Cory Wilson, an appointee of President Donald Trump. "Judge Cory Wilson, Judge James Ho, and Judge Edith Jones. These three zealots are hellbent on a deranged vision of guns for all, leaving government powerless to protect its people," Newsom said. “This is a dangerous decision, especially when we know that firearms are used to commit more than half of all intimate partner homicides in the United States," California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement. "Californians should know that restraining orders, including Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, still prohibit the possession of firearms. These orders are an essential tool that remain in effect and may be requested at any time. I urge Californians to utilize these life-saving tools.”Those with domestic violence restraining orders fall under California's Armed and Prohibited Persons System (APPS), which maintains a list of legal gun owners that need to be disarmed because of a certain conviction, mental health issue or have some sort of restraining order against them. According to the California Department of Justice, those with some sort of restraining order against them made up about 21% of the more than 24,000 people on the APPS list according to its latest data. It's not clear exactly how many of them are in the system for specifically domestic violence.

California leaders vowed to double down their efforts to protect people from gun violence following a federal court's decision Thursday to strike down a law that prohibited people with domestic violence restraining orders from having guns.

The state's department of justice said the rule in California remains in effect, despite the court's ruling.

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"Wake up, America – this assault on our safety will only accelerate. This is serious – and it’s coming to California," Governor Gavin Newsom said in a statement Thursday. "We are probably only weeks away from another activist judge, Judge Roger Benitez, striking down California's bans on assault weapons and large capacity magazines. California will continue to fight against these extremist judges to protect our residents’ right to be free from gun violence."

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the federal law targeting those believed to pose a domestic violence threat was unconstitutional and could not stand under the Bruen test, which requires gun laws to have a historical analogy to the firearm regulations in place at the time of the Constitution’s framing, according to CNN.

“Through that lens, we conclude that (the law’s) ban on possession of firearms is an ‘outlier’ that our ancestors would never have accepted,” the 5th Circuit wrote.

The ruling was written by Judge Cory Wilson, an appointee of President Donald Trump.

"Judge Cory Wilson, Judge James Ho, and Judge Edith Jones. These three zealots are hellbent on a deranged vision of guns for all, leaving government powerless to protect its people," Newsom said.

“This is a dangerous decision, especially when we know that firearms are used to commit more than half of all intimate partner homicides in the United States," California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement. "Californians should know that restraining orders, including Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, still prohibit the possession of firearms. These orders are an essential tool that remain in effect and may be requested at any time. I urge Californians to utilize these life-saving tools.”

Those with domestic violence restraining orders fall under California's Armed and Prohibited Persons System (APPS), which maintains a list of legal gun owners that need to be disarmed because of a certain conviction, mental health issue or have some sort of restraining order against them.

According to the California Department of Justice, those with some sort of restraining order against them made up about 21% of the more than 24,000 people on the APPS list according to its latest data. It's not clear exactly how many of them are in the system for specifically domestic violence.