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  2. Opinion: Will California's new tax on gun sales reduce ... - AOL

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    The new tax — an 11% levy on each sale — will come on top of federal excise taxes of 10% or 11% for firearms and California’s 6% sales tax. The National Rifle Assn. has characterized the law ...

  3. Gun laws in California - Wikipedia

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    The buyer of a firearm must fill out an application to purchase a particular gun. The firearms dealer electronically submits the application to the California Department of Justice (DOJ), which performs a background check on the buyer. The approved application is valid for 30 days. There is a 10-day waiting period for the delivery of any firearm.

  4. California governor signs law raising taxes on guns and ... - AOL

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    The law Newsom signed adds another 11% tax on top of that — making California the o. ... The violent crime rate increased by 6.1% in 2022, according to the California Department of Justice ...

  5. Column: California says its new gun law is about public ...

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    The law, known as Senate Bill 2, was drafted as a workaround to a U.S. Supreme Court decision from 2022 that threw out a chunk of the state's — and the nation's — gun control regulations as ...

  6. Gun laws in the United States by state - Wikipedia

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    Yes. S 265.00, S 265.02. Possession of assault weapons is prohibited, except for those legally possessed on January 15, 2013 and registered with the state by January 15, 2014 or classified as an antique assault weapon. New York City, Buffalo, Albany, and Rochester have enacted their own assault weapon bans.

  7. Gun show loophole - Wikipedia

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    e. Gun show loophole is a political term in the United States referring to the sale of firearms by private sellers, including those done at gun shows, that do not require the seller to conduct a federal background check of the buyer. This is also called the private sale exemption. [1] [2] Under U.S. federal law, any person may sell a firearm to ...

  8. Newsom signs gun laws that add new taxes and limit where ...

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    Among more than 20 gun-control laws California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed are one to tax ammunition and firearms, and another limiting who can obtain a concealed-carry permit.

  9. Universal background check - Wikipedia

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    Federal law requires background checks (through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System) only for guns sold through licensed firearm dealers, which account for 78% of all gun sales in the United States. This figure was published in a 2017 study by the Annals of Internal Medicine which, using a 2015 survey, found that 22% of recent ...