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Every time we think the latest tragedy might garner the political will to change something, nothing happens. This will be no different.
California has the strictest gun laws in the US. They passed legislation a few weeks ago that bans owning any Glock handguns in the state (unless you're a cop, of course) that goes into effect Jan 1, 2026. AR-15s and all other so called "assault weapons" have been banned for years. Plus, it's still illegal to shoot people. What else do you think needs to happen?
Better border control. Oh wait, California is not a country, so focusing on it's state laws is misleading when it's part of a country that has quite lax gun laws in some parts.
I'm not certain if you're referring to the border with Mexico or the rest of the US, but if a weapon is banned in California, it's also banned to import one into California from another US state.
Setting up checkpoints and checking every car coming in for weapons would be a violation of every citizens' right to travel, and fourth ammendment right against unreasonable searches.
So, how do you propose to implement "better birder control" without violating the rights of citizens who have committed crime?
Fucking birders and their binoculars.
I love how every week this happens, threads are full of "welp, whaddya gonna do?" in the only country where this happends more than once a day.
I'm simply pointing out that California is part of a wider country therefore some problems can't be solved by local California legislation. The law must become stricter in the rest of the country as well, though not necessarily as strict as the strictest state.
Until the root causes and societal factors that contribute to violence are addressed, any ban serves only to disarm and criminalize what is an otherwise perfectly law-abiding citizenry.