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LATER THIS WEEK, THREE NEW GUN LAWS ARE SET TO TAKE EFFECT
IN CALIFORNIA, ONE OF THE RARE INSTANCES IN THIS COUNTRY
OF A STATE ACTUALLY RESPONDING TO THE MASS SHOOTINGS THAT
SEEM TO HAPPEN ALMOST EVERY WEEK.
ASSEMBLY BILL FOURTEEN WILL ALLOW FAMILY MEMBERS WHO
BELIEVE A LOVED ONE IS A DANGER TO HIMSELF OR HERSELF OR
OTHERS TO SEEK A TEMPORARY GUN VIOLENCE RESTRAINING ORDER.
THE LEGISLATION WILL GIVE POLICE THE AUTHORITY TO SEIZE THAT
PERSONíS LEGALLY OWNED WEAPONS FOR TWENTY-ONE DAYS WITHOUT HIS
OR HER PRIOR KNOWLEDGE.
BASICALLY IF YOU THINK THAT
SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY HAS GUNS AND COULD BE VIOLENT IN THE
FUTURE, THIS WILL ALLOW THE POLICE TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
IT WAS ENACTED IN RESPONSE TO THE 2014 ISLA VISTA MASS
SHOOTINGS THAT LEFT SIX PEOPLE DEAD AND FOURTEEN OTHERS WOUNDED.
THE REASON WHY I LOVE THIS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE RIGHT
ABSOLUTELY HATES THIS, THIS IS ALL OVER THE NRA AND RIGHT
WING BLOGS SAYING THAT THEY ARE COMING TO TAKE AWAY YOUR GUNS.
THE REASON I LOVE THIS IS BECAUSE WE RECENTLY HAD THE
CASE OF THE SAN BERNARDINO SHOOTERS, AND TRUMP AND THE
RIGHT WING IS SAYING THAT PEOPLE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THEM AND
THEY DID NOT SAY SOMETHING.
LET'S SAY THEY HAD SAID SOMETHING, THEY TOLD THE
COPS THAT THESE PEOPLE HAD GUNS AND MAYBE THEY WOULD DO
SOMETHING TO HARM PEOPLE.
THEY ARE SAYING THEY SHOULD HAVE REPORTED THEM, AND THEN THE
COPS WOULD HAVE DONE WHAT?
WHAT DOES THE RIGHT WING WANT THEM TO DO?
CERTAINLY NOT TAKE THEIR GUNS AWAY.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU SHOULD WANT IF YOU ARE SCARED
ABOUT TERRORISTS POTENTIALLY GUNNING DOWN PEOPLE.
BUT ON THE RIGHT YOU WANT THE POLICE TO HAVE NO AUTHORITY
TO ACT ON THE CONCERNS THAT YOU ARE RAISING.
>> ALL THIS TIME THEY SAY THAT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
THE MENTAL HEALTH TO HELP ELIMINATE THE MASS SHOOTINGS PROBLEM.
THIS IS US DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
THIS IS A FAMILY SAYING TAKE THEIR GUNS FOR A WHILE
UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING ON AND GET BACK ON TRACK.
NOW THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING ON MENTAL HEALTH, HOW DARE YOU?
YOU DONíT WANT TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH OR THE MASS
SHOOTINGS, YOU JUST DON'T WANT US TO TAKE ACTION.
THE NRA VIEWS THESE SHOOTINGS AS GOOD NEWS, BECAUSE THEY
REPRESENT THE GUN MANUFACTURERS.
THE GUN MANUFACTURERS MAKE MORE MONEY AFTER MASS SHOOTINGS
BECAUSE EVERYBODY GETS PANICKED.
GUN SALES SPIKE, THEY HAVE SPIKED MASSIVELY IN 2015
BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY MASS SHOOTINGS.
THE NRA THINKS, THIS IS FANTASTIC NEWS FOR OUR
BOTTOM-LINE.
THAT'S WHY THEY FIGHT AGAINST THINGS LIKE THIS, BECAUSE THEY
DON'T MIND THE MASS SHOOTINGS, IT IS MORE MONEY FOR THEM.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
THIS IS THE MINIMUM OF WHAT WE CAN DO, SO THANK GOD
CALIFORNIA IS DOING THIS.
WILL WE WANT TO TAKE "YOUR GUNS" AWAY?
IT DEPENDS, I THINK THE LOCAL AREA SHOULD MAKE THE LAW.
IF YOU LIVE IN MONTANA AND WANT HAVE LAWS THAT ARE MORE
PERMISSIVE OF RIFLES?
IT IS DEMOCRACY, I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
TO IT, BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT PART OF A WELL-REGULATED MILITIA, AND
YOU KNOW THAT, SO YOU CAN CRY
ABOUT IT ALL DAY LONG.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THEIR GUNS AWAY, I GET THAT
MONTANA CAN MAKE THOSE LAWS, TEXAS CAN MAKE THOSE LAWS.
BUT IN MY NECK OF THE WOODS, I LIVE IN A BIG CITY, I LIVE IN LOS ANGELES.
HELL YEAH TAKE YOUR GUNS AWAY.
YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO A GUN, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE LOCKED UP IN A
SUPER SECURE PLACE, AND WHEN YOU
WANT TO TAKE IT OUT AND DO SOMETHING LEGAL WITH IT,
YOU CAN COME AND GET IT, BUT I AM NOT GOING TO LET YOU TAKE IT
HOME WHERE YOUR KID CAN GET IT, OR WHERE TERRORISTS CAN GET THEIR
HANDS ON IT AND KILL FOURTEEN PEOPLE IN SAN BERNARDINO.
I WOULD DO MUCH WORSE.
YOU SAY, YOU LIBERAL, YOU WANT TO TAKE MY GUNS AWAY.
IF YOU LIVE NEAR ME, YES I DO, SO THAT YOU DON'T KILL MY FAMILY.
CRY ABOUT THAT.
HE WANTS TO TAKE MY GUNS AWAY SO THAT I CANíT *** PEOPLE.
I KNOW, DEFENDING YOURSELF.
THERE IS BARELY ñ THE RIGHT WING LOOKS FOR IT EVERY DAY ñ
GIVE ME ONE STORY WHERE SOMEBODY ACTUALLY USED A GUN IN SELF-DEFENSE.
AND THERE IS ONE, MAYBE TWO A YEAR.
HONESTLY, I LOOK, I CAN'T FIND ANY.
>> A JOHNS HOPKINS COLLEGE KID KILLER A ROBBER WITH A SAMURAI
SWORD, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE
WALKING AROUND WITH SAMURAI SWORDS EVERYDAY.
>> TINY INSTANCES OF THAT.
YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE GET SHOT AND KILLED BY GUNS
EVERY DAY IN AMERICA? NINETY.
YOU THINK ALL NINETY WERE ROBBERS WHO WERE GOING TO COME
INTO YOUR HOUSE AND *** YOUR WIFE?
NO, THAT IS TWISTED FANTASY.
THE NINETY GET SHOT BY GUNS AND MOST OF THEM, UNFORTUNATELY OUR
TRAGIC, TRAGIC, HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH SELF-DEFENSE.
SO AT A BARE MINIMUM, THE FAMILY SAYS, I LOVE THIS PERSON, THIS IS
MY KID OR MY GRANDMOTHER, WHATEVER IT IS, BUT THEY ARE
GOING TO USE THE GUN IN A BAD WAY, WE HAVE TO ALLOW THE COPS
TO COME IN AND SAY LET'S COOL DOWN, LET'S TAKE THIS FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
>> A FEW WEEKS.
>> LETS GET YOU SOME HELP.
AND COPS, PLEASE DON'T COME IN SHOOTING.
>> OH GOD, THAT IS PROBABLY GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> AND THE RIGHT WING IS GOING TO FLIP OUT ABOUT IT, BECAUSE
THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE SHOOTINGS.
THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT ANY OF THAT, ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS,
NOBODY IS TAKING MY WEAPON AWAY BECAUSE I AM SO AFRAID.
YOU ARE DRIVEN BY YOUR COWARDICE, ADMIT IT.
>> THEY DON'T WANT TO EXPAND BACKGROUND CHECKS TO
INCLUDE ONLINE AND PRIVATE PARTY ñ
ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WE HAVE THOSE BACKGROUND CHECKS IS SO
THAT ABSOLUTELY INSANE PEOPLE CAN'T GET GUNS.
BUT THEY DONíT WANT TO EXPAND IT, SO SHUT UP ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH.
THE SECOND BILL, SENATE BILL 707, IT BANS GUN OWNERS FROM
CARRYING CONCEALED HANDGUNS AT Kñ 12 SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
SO, AGAIN, THE RIGHT WING IS ABSOLUTELY FURIOUS ABOUT THIS.
THEY ARE SAYING THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SHOOT IT UP THERE
NOW BECAUSE OF GUN FREE ZONES.
AS IF ANY MASS SHOOTER HAD EVER GONE TO A PLACE, NOT
BECAUSE IT HAS SOME SORT OF SPECIAL CONNECTION TO HIS
PLACE, OR HISTORY, BUT CLEARLY BECAUSE IT IS A GUN FREE ZONE.
>> I AM THRILLED BY IT.
I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY WITH A GUN IN
MY KIDS SCHOOL.
COULD IT BE THAT A DERANGED PERSON GOES INTO THE SCHOOL?
BECAUSE WE ARE IN AMERICA, IT COULD BE POSSIBLE.
BUT IN ORDER TO GUARD AGAINST THAT, DO I WANT IDIOT MOMS
AND DADS AT MY KIDS SCHOOL, DO I WANT THEM ALL WALKING IN
HALF COCKED WITH THEIR GUNS?
INTO MY KIDS KINDERGARTEN SCHOOL?
NO, *** OFF, YOU ARE NOT READY, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
DOING, TAKE YOUR GUN AND GO HOME.
SO GOD BLESS CALIFORNIA FOR PASSING THESE LAWS.
>> THE FINAL ONE WILL NOT ALLOW PELLETS, BB AND
AIRSOFT GUNS TO BE DISPLAYED IN PUBLIC UNLESS THEY PINK, RED, OR
OTHER BRIGHT COLORS."
I LOVE THE IDEA, I FIND GUNS INTERESTING IN VIDEO GAMES,
I'M SURE THAT AS A KID I PROBABLY HAD A FEW.
ITíS TOO BAD THAT WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE YOU CANíT HAVE
A REALISTIC LOOKING GUN BECAUSE COPS WILL SHOOT YOU.
>> THE LEGAL ANALYST HERE SAYS,
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND CARRY A PINK GUN AROUND TO GIVE THE COP A
SPLIT SECOND DECISION TO NOT KILL YOU.
WHAT KIND OF A SICK SOCIETY DO WE HAVE TO LIVE IN THAT WE
HAVE TO TELL THE COPS, PAUSE FOR A SECOND BEFORE YOU KILL THE
PEOPLE THAT YOU WERE ACTUALLY SENT TO HELP AT SOME POINT.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE, YOU DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A TOY GUN.
AND THESE ARE KIDS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT MAKE SURE YOUR
KIDíS TOY GUNS ARE PINK OR RED SO THE COP PAUSES FOR A
SECOND BEFORE HE MURDERS YOUR KIDS.
OKAY THANK YOU, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
THAT WAS FROM THE LEGAL ANALYST, AND HE IS NOT ON THE WRONG
SIDE, HE IS JUST SAYING DEFINITELY WATCH OUT FOR THE COPS.