Posts Tagged ‘gun control’
Richmond hears from Congressman DeSaulnier on impeachment craze in Washington
Congressman Mark DeSaulnier, addressed Washington’s current preoccupation with the possible impeachment of President Donald J. Trump during a Town Hall meeting.
Read MorePolice probe postgame shooting as schools react to mix of football and firearms
Suspects remained at large amid an ongoing police investigation of the shooting that wounded three teenagers outside De Anza High School after a football game last Friday, September 27.
Read MoreBill would allow restrictions on gun owners at risk for violent behavior
A bill to stem gun violence co-authored by California Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner is now awaiting action by Governor Jerry Brown.
Read MoreRichmond, Oakland leaders supporting proposed state regulation of ammunition sales
In the wake of recent mass shootings—including one in December at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, which took 26 lives, and one in late July at an Aurora, Colorado movie theater, which left 12 dead—an East Bay politician is pushing for new state restrictions on the sale of ammunition in California. The move has received widespread support from city and school officials in cities like Oakland and Richmond, which struggle with high rates of violent crime.
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