California Proves Gun Restrictions Work

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It was 23 years ago that California had its own school shooting at Cleveland Elementary in Stockton which left five kids dead and 29 wounded. That 1989 incident sparked a movement in California that resulted in the strongest guns laws in the country.

"I think it really hit home the importance of strengthening our laws and it really spurred immediate action," Brady Campaign spokesperson Rebecca Gonzales said.

The Brady Campaign credits California's strong guns laws for making it safer on the streets.

"California has the lowest mortality rate from firearms in the nation," Gonzales said.

The Connecticut shooting is prompting calls for stricter gun laws again across the country, even in California.

Most recent polls show most Americans in general favor more restrictions.

http://www.news10.net/news/article/221117/2/Conn-school-shooting-reignites-gun-control-debate

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http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/03/19/oakland-homicides-in-2011-a-statistical-breakdown/

Oakland homicides in 2011: A statistical breakdown

http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/10/11/with-shooting-deaths-up-oakland-to-give-violence-reduction-program-a-second-try/

With shooting deaths up, Oakland to give violence reduction program a second try

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jan/10/gun-crime-us-state

1,257 Firearm related murders in California 2010

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jan/10/gun-crime-us-state

1,257 Firearm related murders in California 2010

Why would the Brady Bunch lie? Why do you trust some British newspaper more than Americans that make the issues related to firearms in the US their life's work?

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Why would the Brady Bunch lie? Why do you trust some British newspaper more than Americans that make the issues related to firearms in the US their life's work?

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and here's proof it works!

Man fires some 50 shots at Calif. mall parking lot

Associated Press – 10 hrs ago

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A man was arrested Saturday after firing about 50 shots in the parking lot of a Southern California shopping mall, prompting a lockdown of stores crowded with holiday shoppers.

Marcos Gurrola, 42, of Garden Grove was taken into custody by bicycle police officers patrolling around the open-air Fashion Island mall around 4:30 p.m., police spokeswoman Cathy Lowe said. She said he fired into the air and onto the ground in the parking lot near a Macy's department store.

No one was injured, but the gunfire caused panic, coming a day after a gunman killed 26 children and adults at a Connecticut elementary school, and days after a deadly mall shooting in Oregon.

The mall was crowded with holiday shoppers and the parking lot was full. Witnesses said they ran, screaming and ducking for cover.

"It's a miracle nobody got injured," said Sven Maric, who said he was celebrating his wife's birthday at a restaurant patio about 50 yards away. "The bullets had to land somewhere, and he shot so many."

Lowe says some stores voluntarily closed their doors and kept shoppers inside while police investigated.

Bret McGaughey, 22, of Laguna Beach, said he was with his mom in the Apple store when shoppers ran to the rear of the store as employees locked the front entrance. He estimated that up to 100 people stayed in the back of the store for about 30 minutes until Apple employees announced that police said it was safe to reopen the doors.

Gurrola was arrested for investigation of assault with a deadly weapon, Lowe said.

There was no telephone listing for Gurrola.

On Tuesday, a gunman at an Oregon shopping mall killed two people and wounded a third amid a holiday crowd estimated at 10,000 people.

Clackamas County authorities are still trying to determine why the gunman opened fire before killing himself.

The suburban Portland mall was closed for two days before reopening on Friday.

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and here's proof it works!

No one was injured,

Exactly!

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Exactly!

inept shooter, that's all.

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inept shooter, that's all.

Marksmanship 101 is not even offered in the schools here.

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Marksmanship 101 is not even offered in the schools here.

The high schools there don't have shooting teams? They have them up here.