DAVIS TO SIGN WEAPONS-RESTRICTING LAWS; L.A. COUNCILMAN URGES CITY POWER.Byline: Staff and Wire Services Calls for new laws New Laws: see Las Casas, Bartolomé de. echoed Wednesday in the aftermath of the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. shootings as officials from City Hall to the statehouse state·house also state house n. A building in which a state legislature holds sessions; a state capitol. statehouse Noun NZ a rented house built by the government Noun 1. said tougher rules are needed. Aides to Gov. Gray Davis said he likely will sign legislation that would restrict cheaply made guns, known as Saturday night specials Saturday Night Special A slang term used to refer to a surprise takeover attempt. Notes: The term alludes to the fact that many takeover bids are announced over the weekend in order to avoid too much publicity. , and require trigger locks and warning labels on all guns sold in the state. In Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , a city councilman said cities should try to regain legal power to control weapons. Immediately after the shootings, the governor said he would sign additional ``responsible'' gun-control measures. Davis signed laws last month restricting gun purchases to one a month and tightening a ban on assault weapons by closing a loophole that let manufacturers get around the law by renaming their weapons. State Assemblyman Jack Scott, D-Pasadena, said he will conduct a public hearing Dec. 2 at Glendale City College on licensing and registration to own assault weapons and handguns. ``As a parent who has lost a child to gun violence, I am all too familiar with the grief that parents and family members go through in the aftermath of these senseless acts of hate,'' said Scott, chairman of the Assembly's Select Committee on Gun Violence. Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Feuer called Wednesday for the city to try to regain authority to adopt weapon controls. ``Guns, bullets and madmen are terrorizing the people of this nation,'' Feuer said. ``In one spring and half of a summer, five have been wounded in Granada Hills, three have been killed in Pelham Noun 1. Pelham - a bit with a bar mouthpiece that is designed to combine a curb and snaffle bit - piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding; "the horse was not accustomed to a bit" , Ala., nine have been killed and 13 wounded in Atlanta, 14 have died at Columbine columbine, in botany columbine (kŏl`əmbīn), any plant of the genus Aquilegia, temperate-zone perennials of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family), popular both as wildflowers and as garden flowers. . ``Gun licensing and registration are desperately needed to reduce the level of firearm violence,'' he said. Feuer's proposal, to be considered by the City Council next week, also would put the city on record in support of stronger state and federal regulation of gun registration and licensing. He said the state has pre-empted power on gun regulations and should return authority to cities to adopt some of their own. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Davis |
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