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California State Bills

A complete list of gun legislation moving through the California Legislature can be found at the Brady Campaign site.

Gun Safety News

New York Times Editorial: Raffling Off Assault Rifles

The Republican Party of Rhode Island is attracting well-deserved scorn for its plan to raise money Sunday by raffling an AR-15-style assault rifle — the same sort of modified military weapon used last December in the Newtown school massacre in neighboring Connecticut.

New York Times Letters in response to their Series “Children and Guns: The Hidden Toll”

Guns and Children - a Dangerous Combination

Links Related to Gun Safety

Information about Gun Safety

The Tradeoffs of Gun Ownership from Psychology Today

Firearms research - A database of social science, criminology, law reviews, medical and public health research concerning firearms (2000-2009), compiled by the Harvard Injury Control Research Center.

Gun Safety Laws

SAFE: Semi Automatic Free Environment

Demand a Plan to End Gun Violence

City of Sunnyvale Study: Location and Operation of Firearms Sales Businesses

Some regulations that Los Gatos was considering

Pinole City Council voted to ban residential gun sales last year

Suicide

Guns Most Deadly Choice in Suicide Attempts

Gun control and suicide: The impact of state firearm

regulations, 1995 - 2004

In Search of a Safer World: How can we protect our youth from gun violence? David Brent, MD

Safer storage of firearms at home and risk of suicide: a study of protective factors in a nationally representative sample. Edmond D Shenassa, Michelle L Rogers, Kirsten L Spalding, Mary B Roberts

The Public Health Case for the Safe Storage of Firearms: Adolescent Suicides Add One More "Smoking Gun", Andrew J. McClurg