Today we talk about California’s huge role in influencing gun control laws in the U.S. and about the backlashes. We discuss the state’s historic 1989 ban on assault weapons and why a federal judge recently issued an order to overturn that ban. And we talk to the mayor of San Jose, who wants his city to be the first in the United States to require gun owners to buy liability insurance. Gun rights advocates are already threatening a lawsuit.
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Yeah, pretty much what you would expect.
NRA bad.
CA law makers were inspirational with their assault weapons ban (AWB) that helped create a FEDERAL AWB.
(Note: The podcast said, that in defense of the the law in court, it was claimed:
CA gun deaths WERE CUT IN HALF from 1993 to 2000.
The FEDERAL AWB cut the number of mass shootings by 40%!
And all these claims were made WITHOUT any pushback from the podcast host.
I personally liked the following:
At 3:45 the description of going to a shooting range and witnessing first hand the devestating destructive capabilities of "assault weapons".
At 22:45. The San Jose mayor on the charge that his laws create a burden on excersizing a constitutional right.
Yeah....no."If someone does not have the resources to pay the fee for example we need to provide a waiver process and there's a pretty standard way of doing it, we just have someone fill out a waiver that says 'I'm eligible for food stamps, I can't afford it but here's my signature saying I'm trying my best to comply' that's all that's required."
Should we do any pushback on this stuff or just ignore it?