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As a proportion of its population, California has one of the lowest rates of gun deaths in the United States — 8.5 per 100,000 people, compared with 13.7 nationally.

How did the state get that way?

Lessons in Gun Control From California

From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernice. This is the Daily.

In the days after the mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, Republicans have countered

Restricting the fundamental human right of law-abiding Americans to defend themselves is not the answer.

By saying that there's no evidence that they actually work.

People who think that maybe if we just implement tougher gun laws, it's going to solve it.

Chicago and LA and New York disproved that thesis.

Today, my colleague, Sean Huber, talks about how one states experience seems to suggest otherwise.

Governor Abbott just named check the state of California.

So Sean, gun rights supporters make the case that gun laws don't work.

You know, they say that in places where there are lots of gun control laws, there's still lots of mass shootings.

There are a lot of gun laws and there are a lot of mass shootings.

I've been in California covering news here for 40 years and I've covered a lot of the mass shootings here.

And there are more in California than there are in any other state in the nation.

And California also has some of the toughest gun laws in the nation.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernice. This is the Daily.
0:07.0	In the days after the mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, Republicans have countered
0:16.7	calls for stricter gun laws.
0:19.0	Restricting the fundamental human right of law-abiding Americans to defend themselves is not the answer.
0:26.0	By saying that there's no evidence that they actually work.
0:30.0	People who think that maybe if we just implement tougher gun laws, it's going to solve it.
0:36.0	Chicago and LA and New York disproved that thesis.
0:41.0	Today, my colleague, Sean Huber, talks about how one states experience seems to suggest otherwise.
0:50.0	Governor Abbott just named check the state of California.
0:53.0	I would caution him from doing that.
0:59.0	It's Thursday, June 2.
1:07.0	So Sean, gun rights supporters make the case that gun laws don't work.
1:13.0	You know, they say that in places where there are lots of gun control laws, there's still lots of mass shootings.
1:21.0	So let's start there.
1:24.0	Is that true?
1:26.0	Sure.
1:27.0	Demonstrably true, right?
1:28.0	There are a lot of gun laws and there are a lot of mass shootings.
1:32.0	I'm in California.
1:34.0	I've been in California covering news here for 40 years and I've covered a lot of the mass shootings here.
1:41.0	And there are more in California than there are in any other state in the nation.
1:47.0	And California also has some of the toughest gun laws in the nation.
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