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EPISODE · May 26, 2022 · 26 MIN

California’s gun control wars sway the U.S.

from Headlines From The Times · host Mario Diaz, Jazmín Aguilera, Madalyn Amato, Shani O. Hilton, Patrick McGreevy, David Toledo, Gustavo Arellano, Sam Liccardo, Kinsee Morlan, Angel Carreras, Mark Nieto, Carlos De Loera, Kasia Broussalian, Shannon Lin, Lauren Raab, Ashlea Brown, Mike Heflin, Denise Guerra

Today we talk about California’s huge role in influencing gun control laws in the U.S. and about the backlashes. We discuss the state’s historic 1989 ban on assault weapons and why a federal judge issued an order to overturn that ban. And we talk to the mayor of San Jose, who wants his city to be the first in the United States to require gun owners to buy liability insurance.Read the full transcript here.  An earlier version of this episode was published Aug. 23, 2021. 

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California banned assault weapons in 1989, and the nation followed. But that was just the beginning. Also: San Jose's mayor wants gun owners to have to buy liability insurance.

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