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George Skelton: Newsom is pushing for more gun control restrictions. Polling shows Californians overwhelmingly support them

Gavin Newsom holds up a list of talking points from past mass shootings, including notes from the VTA shooting in San Jose, at the reunification center in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers are launching a new effort to restrict who can carry concealed loaded guns — and where — as fresh polling data show that California voters have their backs.

Twice as many likely voters think it's more important to control gun ownership than it is to protect gun rights, according to a survey released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California.

That partially explains why gun control bills are proliferating in the new Legislature — some of them good, some goofy.

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