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Science has identified common threads in school shootings

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Sacramento’s latest reckless law will give lighter sentences to 10,000 repeat felons

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Sacramento’s latest reckless law will give lighter sentences to 10,000 repeat felons

CA just added 15 tough new gun laws — so why do local police keep turning to the feds?

Barbara Harvey

CA just added 15 tough new gun laws — so why do local police keep turning to the feds?

A plea to the right and left: tone down the rhetoric

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A plea to the right and left: tone down the rhetoric

As gun control efforts advance in California Capitol, opponents bank on the courts

Ben Christopher

As gun control efforts advance in California Capitol, opponents bank on the courts

Newsom signs landmark police use-of-force bill

Dan Morain, Laurel Rosenhall

Newsom signs landmark police use-of-force bill

To prevent mass shootings, California should rely on science, not rhetoric

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To prevent mass shootings, California should rely on science, not rhetoric