The debate over gun laws heats up, in the wake of three mass shootings in California in less than 48 hours. But while California already has the nation’s strictest gun laws and more are in the works, there doesn’t seem to be much support for new action at the federal level.
California’s Senator Feinstein re-introduced her assault weapons ban this week, the one that was in place for a decade at the federal level, but was allowed to expire and has never been renewed. But Republicans in Congress have made clear they have no interest in any meaningful gun safety reform, and with more guns than people in the United States, it will take more than new laws to change the culture of violence in this country.
For more on this, KCBS Radio's Doug Sovern, Bret Burkhart, and Patti Reising spoke with Allison Anderman, Senior Counsel and Director of Local Policy at the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. The organization based in San Francisco and was founded after the 101 California massacre in the City in 1993, and is now led by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.