HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — As he stood Tuesday before a community still reeling from a mass shooting targeting immigrant farm workers, Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed to continue fighting for stronger gun control laws — while blasting Republicans for their lack of action on the issue.
Fresh from Monterey Park, where another shooting at a dance hall Saturday night killed 11 people, Newsom expressed frustration and dismay that he had to add another to the list of tragedies this year. The nation has seen 39 mass shootings just in the first 24 days of this year, he said, and Monday’s, which left seven people dead at two farms in Half Moon Bay, hit especially close to home.
“What the hell is going on?” he asked.
