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OPINION / COMMENTARY / BLOGS
Saturday, Feb 21, 2015
Every once and awhile, wisdom comes from unexpected places – like, say, a comic book movie.
“With great power comes great responsibility.”
– Uncle Ben in Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man”
I learned, thanks to Wikipedia, that those words in the world of Spider-Man originated...
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Monday, Feb 3, 2014
I stated in a recent Facebook post that I was going to deal with the phony report, “Young Guns: A Diane Sawyer Special,” that ABC News was doing on its Sunday show. Someone responded: “I hope you’re not going to spin this the way I think you’re going to.” Me? Spin something?
Why accuse...
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Wednesday, Sep 18, 2013
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In this episode:
A Simi Valley man is in custody tonight after allegedly impersonating a peace officer and stealing weapons in Castaic; In the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting, the Newhall School District is reexamining it’s own security measures.
Also:
The Los Angeles County...
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Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013
Sheriff Lee Baca announced the destruction Tuesday of 5,495 weapons confiscated from criminals in Los Angeles County and collected through the “Gifts for Guns” exchange program. Annually, Gerdau Steel Mill, located in Rancho Cucamonga, generously donates its furnace, equipment and personnel to convert...
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Tuesday, Mar 12, 2013
On Jan. 24, I introduced the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013, a bill to stop the sale, transfer, importation and manufacturing of military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition feeding devices, while protecting the rights of law-abiding Americans to own weapons for sporting, recreation and...
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Thursday, Mar 7, 2013
Read about Supervisor Mike Antonovich’s take on SB 140 [here].
Kamala Harris
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today applauded the California State Senate’s bipartisan approval of a bill to increase funding for a Department of Justice program that takes firearms out of the hands of individuals...
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Thursday, Feb 21, 2013
U.S. Rep. Linda Sánchez, D-Calif., announced Thursday that she has introduced legislation in Congress to prevent gun violence and assist law enforcement agencies with developing gun buyback programs.
Congresswoman Sánchez unveiled The Firearm Safety and Buyback Grant Act of 2013 (H.R. 793) during a...
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Sunday, Feb 3, 2013
I really thought I’d written my last gun column for a while. I’d penned quite a few since Sandy Hook, with the same outcome: If you agreed with me that there is still some progress to be made in terms of new gun legislation, then I was just preaching to the choir. If you disagreed with me, then...
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Friday, Feb 1, 2013
Rahm Emanuel, President Barack Obama’s former chief of staff, famously said, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” Obama and his administration are so unfailingly adept in practicing that advice, the theme is now a dictum.
Violent crime incidents and data are easy to obtain,...
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Friday, Jan 25, 2013
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who authored the Clinton-era assault weapons ban that expired 10 years later in 2004, announced her intent Thursday to introduce the “Assault Weapons Ban of 2013.” The bill bans military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition feeding devices capable...
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