California Democrats’ Gun Control Package Passes Senate Committee

Rifles and two rocket propelled grenade launchers on display at a press conference to show the results of an anonymous gun buyback program at police headquarters in Los Angeles, California on May 19, 2017. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images

SACRAMENTO—A package of gun control bills introduced by Democrat lawmakers passed the California Senate Appropriations Committee on June 13.

Several of the bills were proposed or fast-tracked in response to the recent mass shooting incidents in Buffalo, New York; Uvalde, Texas; and Laguna Woods, California.