Boxer: ‘Sensible Gun Laws Work, We’ve Proven It in California’

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Boxer: Sensible Gun Laws Work, Weve Proven It in California

December 3, 2015 5:38 pm

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D., Calif.) said she and other progressives had proven it in California that sensible gun laws work during a press conference one day after the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, that left 14 dead.

Boxer, after making remarks about gun control legislation alongside fellow California Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D.) and other Democrats Thursday, took the podium back from Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) to respond to a reporter who said Congress had not passed gun control laws after mass shootings in the past and wondered why this massacres aftermath would prove any different.

When you ask such a question, youre basically saying, Why bother? Boxer said. That is not what leaders do. They dont just hide because you may not win the vote. You keep doing it. Ill give you one statistic. In California, since the 90s, we have passed a number of important gun safety laws, and over that period of time, weve had a reduction in gun violence of 56 percent.

Now clearly, what we see is this is not enough. Thats why we need national laws. Thats why Im looking forward to Sen. Feinsteins reintroduction of some form of her assault weapon ban. But the fact is sensible gun laws work. Weve proven it in California, and were not going to give up. If you look at all the great fights that weve had over decades before we were even here on major social issues, on anti-pollution issues, these things take 10, 20 years. You dont give up.

Boxers remarks about California proving the success of gun control laws drew mockery online, in light of the worst shooting in the United States since the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre happening in California Wednesday.

Gun violence has declined nationally by nearly half since 1993, although Boxers remarks implied that this downturn in her state was directly tied to Californias strict gun laws.

http://freebeacon.com/issues/boxer-sensible-gun-laws-work-weve-proven-it-in-california/

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