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| California governor signs six stringent gun control measures but vetoes others | |
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| Govvernor Jerry Brown signed six stringent gun control measures on Friday that will require people to turn in high-capacity magazines and require background checks for ammunition sales, as California Democrats seek to strengthen gun laws that are already among the strictest in the nation. | |
| Brown vetoed five other bills, including a requirement to register homemade firearms and report lost or stolen weapons to authorities. | Brown vetoed five other bills, including a requirement to register homemade firearms and report lost or stolen weapons to authorities. |
| The Democratic governor’s action is consistent with his mixed record on gun control. Some of the bills enacted duplicate provisions of a ballot measure by Democratic lieutenant governor Gavin Newsom that will appear on the November ballot. | The Democratic governor’s action is consistent with his mixed record on gun control. Some of the bills enacted duplicate provisions of a ballot measure by Democratic lieutenant governor Gavin Newsom that will appear on the November ballot. |
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| One bill he vetoed would have asked voters to strengthen penalties for stealing a gun, because he said voters will already be deciding it through Newsom’s initiative. Newsom’s ballot measure also will ask voters to require reporting of lost and stolen firearms – an idea Brown rejected on Friday and has rejected least twice before. | One bill he vetoed would have asked voters to strengthen penalties for stealing a gun, because he said voters will already be deciding it through Newsom’s initiative. Newsom’s ballot measure also will ask voters to require reporting of lost and stolen firearms – an idea Brown rejected on Friday and has rejected least twice before. |
| “I continue to believe that responsible people report the loss or theft of a firearm and irresponsible people do not; it is not likely that this bill would change that,” he wrote in a veto message. | “I continue to believe that responsible people report the loss or theft of a firearm and irresponsible people do not; it is not likely that this bill would change that,” he wrote in a veto message. |
| Gun control measures have long been popular with the Democratic lawmakers who control the California senate and assembly. But they stepped up their push this year following the December shooting in San Bernardino by a couple who pledged allegiance to Islamic State. | Gun control measures have long been popular with the Democratic lawmakers who control the California senate and assembly. But they stepped up their push this year following the December shooting in San Bernardino by a couple who pledged allegiance to Islamic State. |
| The bills angered Republicans and gun-rights advocates who say Democrats are trampling on second amendment rights, creating new restrictions that won’t cut off the flow of guns to people intent on using them for nefarious purposes. | The bills angered Republicans and gun-rights advocates who say Democrats are trampling on second amendment rights, creating new restrictions that won’t cut off the flow of guns to people intent on using them for nefarious purposes. |
| The measures Brown signed will: | The measures Brown signed will: |
| He vetoed bills that would: | He vetoed bills that would: |