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Despite California’s Mass Shootings, Biden Wants to Emulate Its Gun Laws

Despite California’s Mass Shootings, Biden Wants to Emulate Its Gun Laws
Police let investigators onto the scene of a mass shooting in Monterey Park, Calif., on Jan. 22, 2023. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images
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President Joe Biden traveled to Monterey Park, California, the site of a mass public shooting that left 11 dead in January, to announce new executive actions on gun control. He touts the proposals as necessary “to reduce gun violence and make our communities safer.” But California already has all the gun control laws that Biden put forward, and yet, it has a higher per capita rate of mass public shootings than the rest of the country.
John R. Lott Jr.
John R. Lott Jr.
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John R. Lott Jr. is the president of the Crime Prevention Research Center and the author of “Gun Control Myths” (2020), “Dumbing Down the Courts,” and “Freedomnomics.”
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