The deadly shooting in San Bernardino happened in a state with some of the toughest gun laws in the United States: California bars assault weapons, blocks the sale of large-capacity magazines and requires universal background checks for all gun purchases.
Authorities say they believe suspected gunman Syed Rizwan Farook and wife Tashfeen Malik had legally obtained two handguns and that two rifles were also legally purchased in California. Federal officials say the attackers had large-capacity magazines that violate California law in their SUV.
Since the attack Wednesday at a social service center in Southern California, the state's strict laws and the apparent legal purchase of the weapons have set off a debate over the effectiveness of gun measures and whether getting tougher would help prevent more violence.
“Strong gun laws do prevent gun deaths. Not every law can prevent every gun death,” said Allison Anderman, a staff attorney with the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence in San Francisco. “They work most of the time.”
The gun-control advocacy group rates California's gun laws No. 1 in the nation; the state ranks 42nd in its rate of gun deaths. Louisiana's gun laws were ranked 50th and it is No. 2 in deaths, according to the group's 2014 rankings.
Gun laws vary dramatically state-to-state, even city-to-city. The patchwork of regulations means it's often easy for determined gunmen to acquire weapons by skirting laws in their home state, they say. Untraceable weapons can be built from scratch using parts bought online.
As a result, gun control advocates in the days since the shooting have called for more stringent laws in California and nationwide. At least two state lawmakers say they will propose measures to close what they consider loopholes in the state's gun laws.
"... It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings."....I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
Sunday, December 6, 2015
IN A NO GUN LAW FROM THE CA DISTRICT OF SAN BERNANDINO–THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS GETS ITS WAY WHEN THE HUSBAND AND WIFE MUSLIM KILLERS CAN KILL AMERICANS–UNLIKE IN TX WHERE THE SAME MUSLIM KILLERS GETS GUN DOWN EVEN BEFORE STEPPING FOOT INSIDE THE BUILDING TO DO ANY MASSACRE IN 2014–THE ONLY PEOPLE GETTING KILLED ARE THE INNOCENT WHO MUST ABIDE BY THE LAWS OF NONE SELF PROTECTION FROM THE LAW BREAKERS WHO NEVER GIVES A CARE ABOUT FOLLOWING THE LAWS SINCE KILLING AMERICANS IS ALREADY AGAINST THE LAW–GO FIGURE
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