How California, Washington, Maine and Nevada Voted on Gun Control

By Jenn Jacques

Four states were voting for more than just the presidency yesterday. Voters in California, Maine, Nevada and Washington also decided on gun control measures from banning large-capacity magazines to requiring background checks on ammunition.

Here are the results of the four gun control ballot initiatives:

CALIFORNIA

Voters were presented with Proposition 63, proposed and championed by California lieutenant governor Gavin Newson; an initiative calling for background checks on ammunition and magazine purchases. Those selling ammunition would also need to apply for a license to do so. In other words, ammunition and magazine sales would operate the same as gun sales. The proposition would also ban large-capacity ammunition magazines (magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds).

Not a shocker here: California voted in favor of the measure, becoming the first state to have such a law. The proposition won by about 67 percent to 33 percent.

“We know today that the place where criminals are getting guns, the black market, they aren’t subjecting themselves to background checks,” said Ryan Hamilton, spokesman for the National Rifle Association-backed opposition. “It doesn’t target criminal behavior, it targets law-abiding behavior.”

“It was a repudiation of the National Rifle Association and the gun lobby. They lost badly,” Newsom said …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms