California has the strictest firearm laws in the United States, but a large number of violent crimes still involve a firearm.
A new report from the Public Policy Institute of California lays out the number of violent crimes involving a firearm in the state, and the numbers are staggering. While the number fell to 24.3% in 2022, the number is still up from pre-pandemic levels in 2019. Since 2019, aggravated assaults with a gun have increased by 61%, homicides by 38%, and robberies by 13%.
In a win for Democrats, the legislature passed a bill that proposed to impose an 11% state excise tax on firearm and ammunition sales. Assembly Bill 28, sponsored by Democratic Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel, states it will provide $160 million annually from the taxes raised and allocate the funds to gun violence prevention programs through the California Treasury.
The Democratic governor's suggested 28th amendment to the Constitution had four components already included in California law: raising the minimum age to buy a firearm to 21, mandating universal background checks, instituting a"reasonable" waiting period for all gun purchases, and banning rifles “that serve no other purpose than to kill as many people as possible in a short amount of time.
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