john: leland yee you disagree? >> i used to work in the school as a psychologist. i don't know if any teacher or administrator that wants to carry a gun into a classroom or school. then why not supermarkets? hospitals? john: find. >> that is not the way we want to operate. in california we are about educating kids not to pack a gun and shoot them if somebody comes into your school. >> we're not talking about the children to carry weapons for the people who can already carry in the supermarkets. >> what is the lesson that we say to the kids? when you grow up to solve your problem carry a gun? that should not be the life lesson. john: the police carry guns. they ought to. >> they protect the people of california. john: california has been restrictions but there are more murders in california per-capita than texas. your gun law does not work. >> not true. studies have demonstrated jurisdictions with the toughest gun laws are the safest. john: that is nonsense. >> absolutely not true. john: chicago. washington d.c.. oakland spinet per-capita data it is absolutely true

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john: leland yee you disagree? >> i used to work in the school as a psychologist. i don't know if any teacher or administrator that wants to carry a gun into a classroom or school. then why not supermarkets? hospitals? john: find. >> that is not the way we want to operate. in california we are about educating kids not to pack a gun and shoot them if somebody comes into your school. >> we're not talking about the children to carry weapons for the people who can already carry in the supermarkets. >> what is the lesson that we say to the kids? when you grow up to solve your problem carry a gun? that should not be the life lesson. john: the police carry guns. they ought to. >> they protect the people of california. john: california has been restrictions but there are more murders in california per-capita than texas. your gun law does not work. >> not true. studies have demonstrated jurisdictions with the toughest gun laws are the safest. john: that is nonsense. >> absolutely not true. john: chicago. washington d.c.. oakland spinet per-capita data it is absolutely true

john: leland yee you disagree? >> i used to work in the school as a psychologist. i don't know if any teacher or administrator that wants to carry a gun into a classroom or school. then why not supermarkets? hospitals? john: find. >> that is not the way we want to operate. in california we are about educating kids not to pack a gun and shoot them if somebody comes into your school. >> we're not talking about the children to carry weapons for the people who can already carry in the supermarkets. >> what is the lesson that we say to the kids? when you grow up to solve your problem carry a gun? that should not be the life lesson. john: the police carry guns. they ought to. >> they protect the people of california. john: california has been restrictions but there are more murders in california per-capita than texas. your gun law does not work. >> not true. studies have demstrated jurisdictions with the toughest gun laws are the safest. john: that is nonsense. >> absolutely not true. john: chicago. washington d.c.. oakland spinet per-capita data it is absolutely true th

i also want to recognize the three state senators, senator de leon, state senator leland yee and state senator ted gains, all three of which are sponsoring some five different pieces of state legislation aimed at banning assault weapons and munitions, getting higher levels of background checks and registries, and also i think senator gains is attempting to also make sure that those that have backgrounds of mental health challenges are lifetime bans of possessing these weapons. again, in an attempt to do what we can. in san francisco, we tried to ban assault weapons some years ago. we were unsuccessful in the courts in being able to do so. we are going to renew these efforts in light of the sandy hook sentiment and i know there's just a higher level of sentiment that causes us to focus even more on what we can do locally. in fact, this higher level of sentiment, as you'll hear from the police chief, has even caused one of the highest rates of gun return. certainly we paid some money for that, but he's going to tell you there are some individuals out there, in light of sandy hook, that r

. >>> reporter: senator leland yee says after newtown, connecticut, enough is enough. >> assault weapons are killing little kids, babies. >> reporter: he is ready to reintroduce stronger assault weapons ban legislation in california. >> these weapons are really not for anything but mass destruction and we have to put an end to that. >> reporter: he failed in his attempt last year to ban the bullet button on assault rifles in california. the legal device essentially allows the tip of a bullet to be used to quickly release one magazine on high-powered rifles and another be put in its place. >> gun manufacturers sort of created this particular loophole and all we're doing is just closing that particular loophole. >> reporter: gun rights advocates say they will fight the legislation just like they have before. >> it's very frightening for those of us who believe in the bill of rights and all of our rights to see that the government could sit here and say that while the most popular firearm in america is something we can ban. >> reporter: gene hoffman with cal guns says a ban could actually h