Calif. Gov. Brown vetoes bill banning semi-automatic rifles

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Calif. Gov. Brown vetoes bill banning semi-automatic rifles

By Don Thompson

Associated Press

Friday, October 11, 2013

SACRAMENTO, Calif. ā€” Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill that would have banned future sales of most semi-automatic rifles that accept detachable magazines, part of a firearms package approved by state lawmakers in response to mass shootings in other states.

The governor announced signing other gun-related legislation on Friday but rejected the centerpiece bill, which would have imposed the nationā€™s toughest restrictions on gun ownership.

Brownā€™s veto message for SB374 said it was too far-reaching. The bill by Democratic Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg would have outlawed future sales of an entire class of weapons that includes most assault rifles.

It was lawmakersā€™ latest attempt to close loopholes that have let manufacturers work around previous assault weapon bans.

Gun-rights groups had threatened to sue if the semi-automatic weapons ban became law.
 

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