Posts Tagged ‘guns’‘Unsafe handguns’ now the target of DemsWednesday, April 3rd, 2013 April 3, 2013 By Katy Grimes The many gun control bills being pushed through the Capitol are concerning. But many of them are also rather embarrassing. It has become evident that most of the legislators fixated on gun control have no idea what they are talking about. Yesterday at an Assembl... Legislature uses anti-gun laws as diversionWednesday, April 3rd, 2013 April 3, 2013 By Katy Grimes How convenient. Instead of focusing on criminals released the last two years under AB 109 and now committing new crimes, the California Legislature is diverting citizens' attention by taking up gun control. AB 109 was the prison "diversion" law that dumped th... CA lawmakers advance gun-control billsTuesday, March 12th, 2013March 13, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO -- Anti-gun lawmakers in the California state Senate and Assembly have been busy advancing legislation to further control guns. On March 7, the state Senate passed SJR 1, a resolution by state Sen. Lois Wolk, D-Davis. It urges the U.S. Congress ... Video: Sacred Gun Rights will not be taken awaySaturday, March 2nd, 2013March 2, 2013 By John Seiler Last November, former Secret Service Agent Dan Bongino lost a race for U.S. Senate from Maryland In January he made a video defending gun rights, posted below, that has "gone viral" on YouTube. This is another indication that Americans will not let the governm... Legislation would create school marshal program to protect kidsThursday, January 31st, 2013 Jan. 31, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO -- Planes have armed air marshals. How about armed school marshals? Last week Assemblyman Tim Donnelly told me about his plan to offer legislation to create a voluntary school marshal program, modeled after the highly successful air marshals pro... CA lawmakers at hearing aim at guns, not crooksWednesday, January 30th, 2013 Jan. 30, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO -- There was no shortage of drama yesterday in a Capitol hearing about California's gun laws. A show-and-tell, demonstration by the California Department of Justice, of several high-capacity rifles held the rapt attention of lawmakers. A short documen... ‘Violence is as American as apple pie’Wednesday, January 30th, 2013 Jan. 30, 2013 By Katy Grimes The Senate and Assembly held a joint Public Safety committee hearing on Tuesday about guns, but the hearing room was not even two-thirds full. Several Capitol staffers told me that the hearing had not been noticed to the public properly, deliberately, in order ... Anti-gun lawmakers lead gun hearing todayTuesday, January 29th, 2013Jan. 29, 2013 By Katy Grimes Jumping on the anti-gun movement in the country, two of California anti-gun lawmakers will lead a hearing today about guns and violence. Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, Chairman of the Assembly Public Safety Committee, and Sen. Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley, ... Unholstering the truth about gunsMonday, January 28th, 2013 Jan. 28, 2013 By Katy Grimes Politicians are nothing if not predictable. With every tragedy, lawmakers seize the opportunity to come up with a solution, a rule, or another law. But often the new rules don't quite fit the crime. Facts become fuzzy and manipulations take place. Unfortun... CalSTRS moves to increase your taxesThursday, January 10th, 2013Jan. 10, 2013 By John Seiler The California State Teachers Retirement System just moved to increase your taxes. They didn't do so directly, but that will be the result. Because when CalSTRS investments don't grow fast enough, by law taxpayers are on the hook to make up the difference. Already,... |