Gov. Jerry Brown vetoes rifle ban, signs lead ammo ban into law

[SecularMotion]

SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed gun-control bills Friday -- including a controversial effort to deem all semi-automatic rifles with detachable magazines as illegal assault weapons -- but signed many more gun bills, including a controversial ban on using lead ammunition in hunting.

The governor also nixed efforts to let Oakland draft its own, stricter gun regulations and to give San Francisco and San Mateo County supervisors authority to ban gun shows from the Cow Palace.

Brown vetoed SB374 by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, which would have added all semi-automatic rifles with detachable magazines to the state's list of banned assault weapons. California already has some of the nation's strictest gun laws, Brown noted in his veto message, and other bills he signed Friday will make them even stronger.

"I don't believe that this bill's blanket ban on semi-automatic rifles would reduce criminal activity or enhance public safety enough to warrant this infringement on gun owners' rights," Brown wrote.

http://www.mercurynews.com/politics-government/ci_24291072

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1. Brown can be a mixed bag.

Usually good on stuff, and then he'll throw you a curveball.

[frylock]

2. he made the right decision on vetoing the semi-auto ban

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3. I would have liked to have seen some stricter rules for the Cow Palace re:gun shows.

I live in SM county and we had people from lord knows where come out and be obnoxious here at the last gun show post Sandy Hook.

[Sanddog42]

4. Could you speak more about that

I can't find anything other than his rather general statement for why he vetoed it.
Why do you think it was the right decision?