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Guns In Your Home: A Statistical Accident Waiting To Happen

Over 70 percent of the time a minor is killed by a gun, the gun used was housed in that minor’s own home.

2013/05/15

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. using a poster of weapons as she speaks about gun legisalation, Wednesday, April 17, 2013, on the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Senate Television)

U.S. Senate Blocks Gun Background Checks & Feinstein’s Assault Ban

U.S. Senate Republicans backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats scuttled the most far-reaching gun control legislation in two decades on Wednesday.

2013/04/17

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KPIX 5 Poll: Californians Say Gun Control More Important Than Gun Rights

Half of all Californians believe it is more important to control gun ownership than it is to protect the rights of American citizens to own guns, according to a KPIX-TV poll released Thursday.

2013/04/11

U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) stands next to a display of assault weapons during a news conference January 24, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Gun Rights Advocates Gather Outside Senator Feinstein’s SF Office

A handful of guns rights supporters gathered in front of California U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein’s San Francisco office to protest her proposed assault weapons ban. Meanwhile she faces an uphill battle on Capitol Hill to push her assault weapons ban through a senate judiciary committee.

2013/01/30

Bullets and a clip from a gun that was surrendered sit on a table during a gun buy back program on December 15, 2012 in San Francisco, California.  The San Francisco police department held a one-day gun buy back event that paid $200 per gun turned in. A better than expected crowd resulted in payback money running out and vouchers were issued to collect money within a week. Over 200 guns were collected.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Vallejo Gun Rights Meeting Draws Overflow Crowd

An overflow crowd at Vallejo City Hall Wednesday night debated the future of gun rights in America at a town hall style meeting called by the North Bay Congressman leading the House effort on gun control legislation.

2013/01/10

Rep. Jackie Speier (D-San Mateo) (CBS)

Jonestown Massacre Survivor Speier Named To Gun Control Task Force

A Bay Area lawmaker who survived a massacre was appointed Friday to the Congressional task force on gun control created in response to the Connecticut elementary school killings.

2013/01/04

A man checks a rifle a the reception desk of a gun show in Del Mar, California. (Hector Mata/AFP/Getty Images)

Limited California Ban On Carrying Rifles Heads To Gov. Brown

A bill that would ban the public display of rifles and shotguns in most California cities and towns is on its way to the governor over stiff objections from numerous lawmakers.

2012/08/29

California State Capitol in Sacramento (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

California State Senate Approves Banning Open Carry Of Rifles

California would prohibit the public display of rifles and shotguns under a bill approved by the state Senate.

2012/08/27

Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Feinstein, Democrats Seek Tougher Gun Laws Following Colorado Massacre

Senator Dianne Feinstein joined several other Democrats on Tuesday to call for new gun control laws in the wake of last week’s mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater.

2012/07/24

Customers look over an assortment of weapons at a gun show. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)

Alameda County Avoids Legal Woes, Allows Gun Shows

A years-long showdown over the right to bear arms in California’s Alameda County appears to be over now that the county has agreed to allow tightly restricted gun shows on government property.

2012/06/01

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