cawacko
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California has a lot of revenue coming in right now and while the Democratic dominated state Congress wants to spend it all Governor Brown has actually spoken of setting up a rainy day fund and showed some restraint against the spending wishes of people in his own party. I give him credit for that.
Below was in today's paper and I fully agree. Cracking down on law abiding citizens even more is not going to prevent gun violence in Oakland. It would be politically easy for Jerry to say so but he speaks to the bigger problem and I commend him for it.
Brown: Another gun law won’t solve Oakland violence
Gov. Jerry Brown made it clear Wednesday that attempts by Oakland leaders to put another gun-control bill on his desk will not be fruitful, saying a new law would not curb the violence plaguing the streets of Oakland.
“I know the problem and I live in the streets of Oakland … what’s needed is good police work, support by the City Council, neighborhood watch and leadership with clarity and vision on how to make Oakland as safe as possible,” Brown said Wednesday when asked what Oakland city leaders can seek to address gun violence.
Brown vetoed a bill last year that would have made Oakland the first city in California to require residents to register guns with the city or meet strict new licensing rules. The bill, which was authored by Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Alameda, would have allowed Oakland to create stricter gun ownership rules or higher fees than the rest of the state.
Oakland leaders had hoped the bill would help stem gun violence in the city. Bonta said it was needed due to Oakland’s “rampant gun violence.”
Brown, a gun owner and former Oakland mayor who has a home in the city, said in his veto message that the state already has the strictest gun laws in the nation and allowing individual cities to enact more restrictive regulations would create confusion.
“What can laws do to solve immediate problems?” Brown said. “I want to say that laws have their role, but in terms of crime and guns and violence, we’ve been at this thing for more than 50 years on this very topic, and we’ve passed a tremendous number of laws. There is something else, it’s called administering the laws we have and working together in a community. That is where the greatest yield can be found in terms of making Oakland a safer place.”
http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2014/02/19/brown-another-gun-law-wont-solve-oakland-violence/
Below was in today's paper and I fully agree. Cracking down on law abiding citizens even more is not going to prevent gun violence in Oakland. It would be politically easy for Jerry to say so but he speaks to the bigger problem and I commend him for it.
Brown: Another gun law won’t solve Oakland violence
Gov. Jerry Brown made it clear Wednesday that attempts by Oakland leaders to put another gun-control bill on his desk will not be fruitful, saying a new law would not curb the violence plaguing the streets of Oakland.
“I know the problem and I live in the streets of Oakland … what’s needed is good police work, support by the City Council, neighborhood watch and leadership with clarity and vision on how to make Oakland as safe as possible,” Brown said Wednesday when asked what Oakland city leaders can seek to address gun violence.
Brown vetoed a bill last year that would have made Oakland the first city in California to require residents to register guns with the city or meet strict new licensing rules. The bill, which was authored by Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Alameda, would have allowed Oakland to create stricter gun ownership rules or higher fees than the rest of the state.
Oakland leaders had hoped the bill would help stem gun violence in the city. Bonta said it was needed due to Oakland’s “rampant gun violence.”
Brown, a gun owner and former Oakland mayor who has a home in the city, said in his veto message that the state already has the strictest gun laws in the nation and allowing individual cities to enact more restrictive regulations would create confusion.
“What can laws do to solve immediate problems?” Brown said. “I want to say that laws have their role, but in terms of crime and guns and violence, we’ve been at this thing for more than 50 years on this very topic, and we’ve passed a tremendous number of laws. There is something else, it’s called administering the laws we have and working together in a community. That is where the greatest yield can be found in terms of making Oakland a safer place.”
http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2014/02/19/brown-another-gun-law-wont-solve-oakland-violence/
