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I guess they think you'll shoot your eye out? This legislation introduced by Kevin Mullin, a California Democrat, was sparked by a tragic incident where a young man used an air rifle to commit suicide. Former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in 2011 by a protester with a 9mm Glock pistol, has signaled support for the bill. The young man, Garrett Edwards (the one public photo available of him puts him in his mid-20s) reportedly became psychotic during the pandemic lockdowns. He was barred from purchasing or owning guns, but managed to buy an air rifle and used...

Elections come and go, but the season for political advertising sometimes seems to never end. Facebook users in California, for example, may have noticed ads in recent months showing a woman with duct tape over her mouth and text that warns: “Legislators are leaving sexual assault survivors from public universities out to dry.” The ads urge readers to sign a petition seeking to add public universities to legislation that would give students at private universities more time to sue their schools over sexual assaults. […] Now, California legislators are considering a proposal by Assemblyman Kevin Mullin that would require groups...