Commentary: My city’s new gun control laws will help more than waiting on Congress to do something
by Sam Liccardo, Los Angeles Times
Jan 21, 2022
3 minutes
A gunman holding four people hostage at a Colleyville, Texas, synagogue last weekend provides another reminder of the daily threat of gun violence to our local communities. San Jose, where I am mayor, is hardly immune: Our 1 million residents have endured three mass shootings in three years, along with hundreds of gun-inflicted killings, suicides and serious injuries.
Last June our City Council unanimously approved my proposals that will mitigate gun harm in our community — and a final vote
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