CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS: Brady Campaign Endorsements for California Candidates
Election Day is Tuesday, November 4. It is important that we elect candidates who will work to stop the gun violence epidemic taking place in California! Following is a current list of candidates that have been endorsed by the Brady Campaign and its California Chapters:
- AD-07: Noreen Evans* (Napa, Solano, and Sonoma Counties)
- AD-11: Tom Torlakson (part of Contra Costa County)
- AD-13: Tom Ammiano (part of San Francisco County)
- AD-14: Nancy Skinner (parts of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)
- AD-15: Joan Buchanan (parts of Alameda, Contra Costa, Sacto, and San Joaquin Counties)
- AD-54: Bonnie Lowenthal (parts of Los Angeles County)
- AD-55: Warren Furutani* (parts of Los Angeles County)
- AD-61: Norma Torres (parts of Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties)
- AD-69: Jose Solorio* (parts of Orange County)
- AD-80: Manuel Perez (Imperial County and part of Riverside County)
- SD-07: Mark DeSaulnier (parts of Contra Costa County)
- SD-09: Loni Hancock (parts of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)
- SD-19: Hannah-Beth Jackson (parts of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties)
- SD-21: Carol Liu (part of Los Angeles County)
*Incumbent.
Check back frequently for updates.
Chapters Fight in 2008 for Owner-Authorized Handguns and Ammunition Regulations
Both Priority Bills Pass Full Assembly and Senate Committees!
Each of the Chapters' two top bills have now passed their respective Senate Committees, after being passed by the California State Assembly earlier this year.
Click here to receive email updates and eAlerts about these two bills!
The two life-saving gun measures are: AB 2062, which would require handgun ammunition sellers to obtain a state license to operate and would require new regulations to ensure sellers of handgun ammunition are legitimate, regulated businesses. And, AB 2235, which would require all newly manufactured or imported handguns in California to be "owner-authorized", or personalized in a way that would allow them to be fired only by authorized persons.
More about Owner-Authorized Guns Bill, AB 2235 (DeSaulnier)
Intentional and unintentional shootings could be greatly reduced if a
child, teen, thief, or criminal were unable to operate a handgun. AB
2235 requires new handguns to have biometric technology, such as
fingerprint recognition, whereby only an authorized user can fire the
gun. This requirement on new handguns in
California would take effect eighteen months after owner-authorized
handguns are available for retail sale.
Consumer product modifications, such as childproof caps on medicine and
pool covers, have reduced injuries and saved lives and a product as
inherently dangerous as a handgun should have similar owner-authorized
capabilities. Personalized handguns could significantly reduce
injuries, homicides, suicides, school shootings, and accidental
shootings in California.
Click here for more
information on AB 2235. | Click here to download our brochure.
More about Ammunition Background Check Bill, AB 2062 (De León)
Currently, bullets are ending up in guns in the wrong hands across California and there are virtually no regulations on handgun ammunition. AB 2062, the Ammunition Background Check Bill, seeks to reduce gun violence by ensuring that sellers of handgun ammunition are legitimate, regulated businesses.
AB 2062 would require handgun ammunition sellers, by 2009, to acquire a Handgun Ammunition Vendor's License (HAVL) in order to sell handgun ammunition. Additionally, this bill requires employee background checks and behind-the-counter storage of handgun ammunition by retail sellers to further protect the bullets from getting into the wrong hands. California has enacted laws regulating firearm sellers and the same needs to be done to regulate the handgun ammunition that drives the gun violence.
Click here for
more information on AB 2062.
Click here for
an editorial on AB 2062 from the San Jose Mercury News.
Click here for
an editorial on AB 2062 from the Daily Democrat.
California Chapters
Demonstrate on April 16, Anniversary of the Virginia Tech
Massacre
On April 16, the anniversary of the Virginia Tech Massacre where 32
teachers and students were shot and killed in shooting rampage, the
California Chapters of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence staged
"Lie-In" demonstrations at colleges around the state -- as well as
other activities to remember and honor gun violence victims.
California Chapters and Associated Students groups held Lie-ins at:
- Chico State University
- College of San Mateo
- Diablo Valley College
- Laney College
- Sierra College
- Solana Community College
- UCLA
In addition, Chapters participated in community events in San Diego, Los
Angeles Valley College, and Sonoma County.
For more details about the events, as well as photos and videos from
events around the country, click here.
CA Chapters Are Looking for a Few Good
Volunteers!
Volunteers are the heart and soul of the Brady Campaign to Prevent
Gun Violence
California Brady Chapter volunteers are moms, dads, sons and
daughters, grandmothers and grandfathers, friends and neighbors. They
are all ages and from all walks of life. They are united in their
commitment to stop the carnage and devastation from gun violence and to
make their communities safe for children.
Whether you're interested in volunteering a couple of times a year or
a couple of times a week, there's a place for you in the California
Brady Chapters. And we have a variety of opportunities to choose from
including:
- Legislative Action
- Tabling at community events
- Special event activities
- Working with gun violence victims/survivors
- Working to pass local ordinances
- Coalition building
- New chapter formation
Email us to
volunteer now!
Start Making a
Difference Today!
Everyone has something to contribute to halting the problem of gun
violence in America. You can make a difference! Contact the
California Brady Campaign today.
Calling All Retirees! The California Chapters of the Brady
Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence is just the organization you've been
looking for. You have invaluable skills and education that you have
devoted to your job for your entire career. Now put those to work
solving American society's biggest problem - gun violence. We need you!
Calling All Empty-nester Parents! The kids are gone and you
finally have time for yourself and to focus on issues of importance to
you. Perhaps you were an activist in days gone by or have always wanted
to be. You believe the old adage: "If you aren't part of the solution,
then you are part of the problem." What could be more important than
solving the problem of gun violence in America and our local
communities. Join us!
Calling All Grandparents and Seniors! Your grandchildren and
all American children are growing up in a world you can't begin to
fathom. We didn't have to worry about getting shot at school, at the
mall, or even in church. American society has many problems: drug
addiction, gangs, mental illness, neglected children, poverty - combine
all of those with easy access to guns and you have the recipe for
disaster we are living today. Join us and help make America safe again
for your grandchildren and all American children!
Calling All Teachers! Whether your are still teaching or
retired, you know that schools are ground zero for gun violence.
Teachers and students are in danger every day of being targeted by
disgruntled, mentally imbalanced or just hotheaded students who have
delusions of infamy and easy access to guns. Join us and work to make
our schools safe again!
Calling All Medical Personnel! You are on the front lines of
the gun violence public health epidemic in America. You witness and
treat the senseless death and destruction and must console the families
who are left asking "Why?". You know that gun violence devastates
communities and drains economic resources that could be used for
important medical treatment. Medical personnel do important work in
other countries through "without borders" programs. However, we need
that effort here in America. You can help today by joining the CA Brady
Campaign. We need your expertise!
Calling All Religious Leaders! Gun violence is a moral issue
directly related to the sanctity of life. You can get involved through
prayer and activism and help educate your faith community by
participating in God Not Guns! Join us and working together we can
solve the problem of gun violence!
Email us to
volunteer now!
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