People say the United States has a gun problem, but we've actually got a bunch of different

gun problems.

There's obviously the mass shooting problem, but then there's also the suicide by firearm

problem.

There's domestic violence involving firearms.

There's drug and gang violence involving firearms.

And then there's a problem of police shooting unarmed black men.

There are the videos, the grand juries, the trials, the protests, the legal questions

around the use of lethal force.

Was it reasonable?

This week, California passed a bill to try and change the way police use lethal force.

Some people are calling it the strictest bill of its kind.

I'm ready to sign this damn thing.

So why don't we just cut to the chase?

Governor Gavin Newsom stood on a stage surrounded by families who lost loved ones in fatal

interactions with cops and signed Assembly Bill 392.

Because as California goes, so goes the rest of the United States of America and we are

doing something today that stretches the boundaries of possibility that sends a message to people

all across this country that they can do more and they can do better to meet this moment

and their respective states.

Anita Shabriye has been covering the legislation's complicated path for the LA Times.

The one shooting that really brought a lot of energy to this bill was the shooting death

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