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"The 5th Circuit's decision is going to lead to more abusers murdering their wives," said one gun control advocate

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers are launching a new effort to restrict who can carry concealed loaded guns — and where — as fresh polling data show that California voters have their backs.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Five months after a high-profile gun control bill died amid Democratic infighting in Sacramento, California lawmakers are trying to revive the legislation to strengthen the state’s restrictions on who can carry loaded firearms in public.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It is very rare that anything monumental gets done in America's political system without strong public support. That's certainly the case with gun control.

In Illinois, approximately 80 of the state’s 102 sheriffs oppose the new Protect Illinois Communities Act

A gun control law signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois in January 2023 immediately faced opposition from a group key to the law’s enforcement: sheriffs. They are county-level, locally elected public officials who run jails, provide courthouse security, and, in many counties, are the primary providers of law enforcement…

After a deadly wave of mass shootings in the United States last year — including one in Buffalo, New York, and another at a school in Uvalde, Texas — that collectively killed 31, California's Democratic-controlled Legislature responded by quickly passing more than a dozen laws meant to prevent gun violence…

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.

Experts spoke to Salon about what research has and has not proven about effective gun control policies

So the Florida Supreme Court held today.