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JCDenton0451
10-11-2013, 04:06 PM
Jerry Brown vetoes gun-control legislation (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2013/10/11/jerry-brown-vetoes-gun-control-legislation/)


California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) on Friday vetoed two measures to restrict the sale and possession of certain semi-automatic assault weapons, putting the brakes on some of the most aggressive gun-control proposals in state legislatures this year.


Brown vetoed Senate Bill 374, which would have banned semi-automatic rifles with detachable magazines and required firearm owners to register even low-capacity rifles as assault weapons.


In a message to the legislature, Brown wrote he didn’t “believe that this bill’s blanket ban on semi-automatic rifles would reduce criminal activity or enhance public safety enough to warrant this infringement on gun owners’ rights.”


The National Rifle Association had threatened to file a lawsuit over the bill, sponsored by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D). In a statement earlier this week, an NRA attorney singled the measure out for special ridicule, the Los Angeles Times (http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-nra-threatens-lawsuits-over-california-gun-bills-20131008,0,1115667.story) reported on Tuesday.



And earlier in the week he vetoed a bill to allow non-citizens to serve on juries. (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?429849-Jerry-Brown-Vetoes-Bill-To-Allow-Non-Citizens-On-Juries)

TaftFan
10-11-2013, 04:08 PM
No, both of those bills were just beyond extreme.

Keith and stuff
10-11-2013, 04:09 PM
I don't think so. He recently signed bills giving illegal aliens CA driver's licenses and increasing the minimum wage to $10 an hour. But it's nice to know he has done at least 3 things right this year.

JCDenton0451
10-11-2013, 04:16 PM
No, both of those bills were just beyond extreme.

I takes a lot of balls to veto a gun control bill in California. It's like vetoing abortion ban in Texas.

Brett85
10-11-2013, 04:19 PM
I guess he's not as crazy of a liberal as some of his fellow Democrats in the legislature.

Lucille
10-11-2013, 04:20 PM
No.

California Bans Lead Ammo
http://reason.com/24-7/2013/10/11/california-bans-lead-ammo


Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed 11 gun control bills including a ban on the use of lead bullets by hunters, but vetoed seven measures restricting firearms that were introduced in response to the massacre last year at a Connecticut elementary school.

Brown rejected a proposal to ban the sale of semiautomatic rifles with detachable magazines, and bills that would have expanded the list of crimes that would bar the offender from firearms possession. He signed bills requiring more safety training for gun owners and better tracking of guns that are lost or stolen.

The ban on lead bullets was proposed by Assemblyman Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) because the substance is toxic and can poison those who eat animals shot with the ammunition.

“We are thrilled that Governor Brown has made AB 711 the law of the land,” Rendon said in a statement. “There is simply no reason to continue using lead ammunition in hunting when it poses a significant risk to human health and the environment.”
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Sen. Lois Wolk (D-Davis) introduced SB 755 because of concern that people with drug or alcohol problems may use guns more irresponsibly. The governor signed a bill that will prohibit gun ownership by people who make serious threats to psychoanalysts. AB 1131 is by Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley)

Brown also signed a measure requiring the same gun safety certification for owners of long guns that is already required for handgun owners. Sen. Marty Block (D-San Diego) introduced that bill, SB 683.

“It makes sense to require familiarity with long gun safety and storage, just as we do for handgun purchasers,” Block said.

http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-california-jerry-brown-gun-control-20131011,0,6334949.story

Acala
10-11-2013, 04:26 PM
I guess he's not as crazy of a liberal as some of his fellow Democrats in the legislature.

He had more to lose than he had to gain.

Keith and stuff
10-11-2013, 06:05 PM
No.


Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed 11 gun control bills including a ban on the use of lead bullets by hunters, but vetoed seven measures restricting firearms

California Bans Lead Ammo
http://reason.com/24-7/2013/10/11/california-bans-lead-ammo

http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-california-jerry-brown-gun-control-20131011,0,6334949.story
Thanks for the informative post. So he just signed 11 gun control bills. CA is crazy. I mean, the CA legislature just approved 18 gun control bans and it was already 1 of the 5 worst states to begin with.

In California, the only type of voting that matters is when you vote with your feet to leave California.

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