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Monday, August 12, 2013

California: A Model for Change

Lucy Left is happy to salute Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America (Images and info from their Facebook page-like them; get involved!).  Moms know how to get things done!    And here's a shoutout to the Mayors and Gabby Giffords, the Brady Campaign, and all who are working to strengthen gun regulations all across America.

 

  Have a look at what's happened in California:

WHAT AMERICA CAN LEARN FROM CALIFORNIA'S STRICT GUN LAWS: A new study shows that California, which has the strictest gun laws in the country, has seen a 56% drop in its gun death rate in the past 20 years. The impetus for California's laws was a mass shooting at a Stockton elementary school in 1989. Then, as now, change did not come from Congress. Instead, California’s legislature responded to a demand for action, adopting the first assault weapons ban in the country that same year.

Data like this should influence Congress more than lobbyists and campaign cash—that is, if the system were different.  So,  maybe we need to get campaign finance laws passed first? 

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