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		<title>Update on &#8216;smart guns&#8217; &amp; 3D printing of firearms</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/21/update-on-smart-guns-3d-printing-of-firearms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new “smart gun” prototype and a crackdown on sharing of designs for 3D-printable firearm components mean it’s time to update my gun-tech story of several weeks ago. A Capitola-based company unveiled a new smart-gun prototype today at a trade show in Las Vegas – a firearm that lets owners remotely engage or disengage the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DAs meet with Kamala Harris on gun enforcement</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/17/das-meet-with-kamala-harris-on-gun-enforcement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/17/das-meet-with-kamala-harris-on-gun-enforcement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 20:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bay Area was heavily represented as California Attorney General Kamala Harris convened a group of county district attorneys Friday in Los Angeles to seek ways to reduce gun violence through enforcement of existing laws and prevention efforts. Among the 11 DAs present were Nancy O’Malley of Alameda County, Jeff Rosen of Santa Clara County, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newly merged ammunition tax bill advances</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/13/newly-merged-ammunition-tax-bill-advances/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/13/newly-merged-ammunition-tax-bill-advances/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 01:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assembly]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Assemblymen’s newly merged ammunition tax bill was approved Monday by the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee. AB 187, authored by Assemblymen Rob Bonta, D-Oakland, and Roger Dickinson, D-Sacramento, would place a 10 percent tax on all ammunition sold in California, with an exemption for law enforcement agencies. The committee’s final tally isn’t yet available, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Justice Dept. report could shake up gun debate</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/07/justice-dept-report-could-shake-up-gun-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/07/justice-dept-report-could-shake-up-gun-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[gun control]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How much of a gun-violence problem do we have in this nation? Not nearly as much as we did 20 years ago, according to a new report from the U.S. Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics that might shake up the nation’s gun-policy debate. The report released Tuesday shows firearm-related homicides declined 39 percent and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yee will offer bill to ban 3-D printable guns</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/07/yee-will-offer-bill-to-ban-3-d-printable-guns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/07/yee-will-offer-bill-to-ban-3-d-printable-guns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 17:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California State Senate]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=23039</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Though a federal bill to criminalize the 3-D printing of guns or certain gun components is pending in Congress, at least one California lawmaker wants to get in on the action, too. State Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, said he’ll introduce legislation to prohibit use of 3-D printers to create untraceable firearms. “While I am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Jerry Brown signs law to fund gun seizures</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/01/gov-jerry-brown-signs-law-to-fund-gun-seizures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/01/gov-jerry-brown-signs-law-to-fund-gun-seizures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 18:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=22999</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into law a Bay Area senator’s bill to use $24 million from gun background-check fees to boost a program that takes handguns and assault weapons away from those who aren’t legally allowed to have them. This is the first gun-policy bill to make it to Brown’s desk this year. SB [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toddler&#8217;s death not just a &#8216;crazy accident&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/01/toddlers-death-not-just-a-crazy-accident/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/01/toddlers-death-not-just-a-crazy-accident/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 17:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[gun control]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I happened across this story posted yesterday by the Lexington Herald-Leader in Kentucky: A 5-year-old boy who was playing with a .22-caliber rifle accidentally shot and killed his 2-year-old sister in Cumberland County on Tuesday afternoon, according to a news release from the state police. The shooting happened just after 1 p.m. at a home [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
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		<title>A gun-policy bill on which both parties agree</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/30/a-gun-policy-bill-on-which-both-parties-agree/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/30/a-gun-policy-bill-on-which-both-parties-agree/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently there’s at least one gun-policy bill in Sacramento on which both sides of the aisle can agree. The state Senate Public Safety Committee today approved SB 644, by Sen. Anthony Cannella, R-Modesto, which would increase penalties for felons caught in possession of firearms. It’s already illegal in California for convicted felons to possess firearms, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&gt;100 cosponsors for House background-check bill</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/30/100-cosponsors-for-house-background-check-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/30/100-cosponsors-for-house-background-check-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 100 House members from both sides of the aisle have signed on to co-sponsor a bill that would require background checks for all commercial gun sales. Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Napa, chairman of the House Democrats’ gun-violence task force, and Rep. Pete King, R-N.Y., introduced H.R. 1565 on April 15, two days before the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate rejects Feinstein&#8217;s assault-weapons ban</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/17/senate-rejects-feinsteins-assault-weapons-ban/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/17/senate-rejects-feinsteins-assault-weapons-ban/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In addition to rejecting the Manchin-Toomey gun background check amendment today, the U.S. Senate also soundly rejected Dianne Feinstein’s effort to re-instate and expand the federal ban on assault weapons. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., last month had announced that he wouldn’t let Feinstein’s legislation proceed as part of a bigger gun-control bill, but that [...]]]></description>
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