The weekend shooting in Sacramento that left six people dead and at least 12 others wounded happened just a few blocks from the Capitol in a state with the nation's strongest gun laws.
"The scourge of gun violence continues to be a crisis in our country, and we must resolve to bring an end to this carnage," Gov. Gavin Newsom said in the aftermath of the shooting.
The question is, in a state that already has more gun restrictions than anywhere else in the U.S., how much further can the law go?California not only has the nation's most gun laws, the state is also ranked No. 1 by the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence on itsAri Freilich, the state policy director at Giffords, says that's because overall, California has enacted the strongest laws over the largest number of areas.
But making sure all these measures are effective has meant legislators have had to craft new laws to close loopholes and keep up with technology and gun traffickers. "In part by doing more, there is constant need to reevaluate what's working and close gaps," said Freilich."And there's been a strong commitment from the state and from the leaders of the state to continuing to address those gaps, continuing to work toward more effective enforcement implementation and replication of what's working."
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