Posts Tagged: firearm

PolitiFact: Licensed gun dealers outnumber McDonald’s 2-to-1 in CA

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by CHRIS NICHOLS posted 07.20.2016

The Safety For All campaign made a recent statement about the prevalence of gun dealers in California. It’s a colorful claim like Obama’s, but has a bit more hard data to back it up. “There are at least twice as many licensed firearm dealers in California as there are McDonald’s,” the campaign’s spokesman said in recent email.

California eyes UC research role into gun violence

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by LEAH BARTOS posted 03.18.2016

A new battlefront has emerged in the nation’s struggle over gun control: a proposed firearm violence research center at the University of California. In a move being closely watched by advocates on both sides, California lawmakers are pushing for the state to study gun violence, taking over a job the federal government dropped 20 years ago.