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TARZANA, LOS ANGELES -- A 24-year-old woman was shot and killed Sunday by a friend after they had hiked in Tarzana to test-fire his handgun. The woman, identified as Angela Hernandez, suffered a ...

A California law that limits gun purchases to one per month is unconstitutional on its face, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled last Friday. The three-judge panel's unanimous ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California Department of Justice released the results of its gun sales record system analysis Tuesday finding half could be traced back to out-of-state origins. Tuesday's ...