
Attorney General Bonta Takes Aim at Gun Rights
Published on March 20, 2024
Commentary California politicians again are taking a bead on our Second Amendment “right to keep and bear arms.” The latest fusillade came from Attorney General Rob Bonta’s March 17 Weekly Update, which he ought to switch from Sunday to Monday so political writers like me can get a rest. “Our country is being held hostage by an epidemic of gun violence and a gun industry that’s all too happy to profit off of it,” he warned. But actions cannot hold anyone “hostage,” only people can. And as to an “epidemic,” according to data from the Centers for Disease Control, suicides make up a significantly larger number of gun deaths than homicides....
