With more mass shootings than days in 2023, the chorus for gun reform is growing ever louder following the tragedy in Half Moon Bay.
One of those leading the charge is state Assemblyman Phil Ting, who has long called on lawmakers in Sacramento to set an example for the rest of the nation.
"We should have much tighter licensing restrictions," Ting said. "We should really focus on making sure assault weapons across the country are banned." While California already has some of the strictest gun laws in the US, it's still much easier to obtain a firearm here than in any other developed country."If you compare California to any other nation in the Western, industrialized world: Japan, South Korea, England, France, we have some of the loosest, most permissive gun laws in the world," UCLA law professor Adam Winkler said.
Winkler has written extensively about guns in America and says individual states can only do so much given the patchwork of firearm laws across the nation.This is a tough hurdle to cross given a divided Congress and a conservative majority on the Supreme Court."The Supreme Court has expanded second amendment protections in the past year and some of California's most aggressive gun safety reforms are likely to be called into question in the coming years," Winkler said.
"It's got to happen," Ting said. "I know when people talked about civil rights, they never thought we could have an end to segregation. We need to make sure that this happens in order for our country to be safe."
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