the gun made him do it

the gun made him do it.  Why three police officers were shot to death in Baton Rouge by a former Nation of Islam member.

California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom responded Sunday to the shooting deaths of three Baton Rouge police officers.  Newsom blamed  “the firearms industry, its spokespeople at the National Rifle Association, and their paid subsidiaries.”

Signaling a major gun-rights battle to come, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and a group of activists announced their intention Thursday to put a tough firearms-control measure on California’s ballot next year.

   Newsom’s goal is to at require  background checks for ammunition purchases and forcing gun owners to give up large-capacity magazines.

The move — coming after another round of mass shootings and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s new push for more national gun control — suggests the incendiary issue is moving again to the center of the political debate, after several years of politicians avoiding it.

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