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California Lawmakers Pass Series Of Gun Control Bills

The bills that passed between the Senate and the Assembly would expand the list of people who are prohibited from owning firearms, require permits and a fee when buying ammunition, and ban semi-automatic rifles with detachable ammunition magazines.

2013/05/29

Man Pleads Not Guilty To Threatening State Senator Yee

A Santa Clara man pleaded not guilty Thursday to possessing assault rifles, explosives and bomb-making materials and to threatening a public official in a dispute over gun control.

2013/02/21

Santa Clara Man Charged With Threatening State Senator Yee

A Santa Clara man was charged Friday with possessing assault weapons, explosives and bomb-making materials after the California Highway Patrol tracked an emailed death threat to Democratic state Sen. Leland Yee of San Francisco.

2013/02/15

State Senator Leland Yee addresses a death threat made against him. (CBS)

Senator Yee Says Death Threats Won’t Deter Gun Control Efforts

State Sen. Leland Yee said Thursday that a death threat against him that led to the arrest of a Santa Clara County man will not deter him from moving forward with gun control proposals in the Legislature.

2013/02/14

Santa Clara Man With Bomb Jailed For Threats Against State Senator Yee

A threat to California State Senator Leland Yee has led to the arrest of a Santa Clara man and the confiscation of explosive materials and a loaded handgun, KPIX 5 has confirmed.

2013/02/13

The Cow Palace in Daly City. (Dante Alighieri)

Cow Palace Gun Show Draws Record Crowd

A gun show drew a record crowd over the weekend in Daly City.

2013/01/14

Bay Area Lawmaker Set To Reintroduce ‘Bullet Button’ Legislation

In the wake of the second deadliest massacre in U.S. history, a state senator from the Bay Area will reintroduce a bill that will plug what he calls a major loophole in California’s assault weapons ban.

2013/01/11

2012: The Bay Area Looks Back…

From the Hantavirus to the San Francisco Giants second World Series win, take a look at the some of the biggest stories that made headlines in the Bay Area in 2012…

2012/12/27

Leland Yee Renews Call For ‘Bullet Button’ Loophole Law

A California lawmaker has said he will introduce legislation aimed at strengthening the state’s restrictions on gun ownership in the wake of the mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.

2012/12/17

Connecticut School Massacre Renews Call For California ‘Bullet Button’ Ban

The nation’s second-deadliest school shooting, in which a man with semi-automatic weapons opened fire Friday inside a Connecticut elementary school where his mother worked as a teacher and killed 26 people, prompted renewed calls to close a major loophole in California’s state assault weapons ban that was first exposed by a CBS 5 report.

2012/12/14

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