Title: 2009 California Report: Recent Developments in Federal, State, and Local Gun Laws

Publication Date: June 12, 2009

What does it say? This annual report, released in May or June each year, provides updated information nationally and in California on the impact of gun violence and recent developments in legislation, litigation, and elections to reduce gun injuries and deaths. One of the featured topics is a review of some of the effectiveness studies of firearm-related laws. The report also reviews the achievements of laws to regulate ammunition sales in two California cities, the adoption of gun violence prevention by a regional coalition of governments in the Bay Area of northern California, and an overview of legislation passed or blocked in states besides California as of May 14, 2009.

How can I use it?

Legal Community Against Violence publishes this report to provide the latest developments in federal, state, and local gun laws and policies to state and local legislators, government attorneys, police chiefs, sheriffs, public health officials and gun violence prevention advocates.

Citation

Legal Community Against Violence. 2009 California Report: Recent Developments in Federal, State and Local Gun Laws. San Francisco: Legal Community Against Violence, 2009.