California Lawmakers Demand Gun Control Summit With Nevada

By Cam Edwards

AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File

More than two dozen California lawmakers are calling for a “guns safety summit” with their counterparts in Nevada in an effort to impose California-style gun laws on the Silver State. Nevada’s new Democrat-controlled legislature already passed a multi-pronged gun control bill this session, including a red flag law, but the anti-gun legislators in Sacramento, led by Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel (D-San Fernando Valley) say their neighbor needs to do more.

“The mass shooting in Gilroy was a tragic reminder that weak gun laws in neighboring states impact our safety here in California,” Gabriel wrote in a Wednesday statement accompanying the letter. “It’s time for us to have a direct conversation with our colleagues in Nevada about how we can work together to better protect our communities.

“As state representatives, we have an obligation and a unique opportunity to partner with neighboring state to act now on gun violence—especially because Republicans in Washington are blocking common sense gun safety measures that have broad public support.”

The California lawmakers note that the suspect in the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting purchased a rifle used in the attack in Nevada and claim that the rifle in question would have …Read the Rest

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