Good evening and welcome to kqed newsroom. This weeks elections thrust the south bay city of sunnyvale into the national spotlight. Voters approved a new gun law and the National Rifle association is threatening to sue. The new law would require gun owners to lock up their weapons and report firearm thefts. Gun dealers would have to keep records of all ammunition sales. And perhaps the most controversial, a ban on largesize magazines. The new law takes effect january 1st. Scott shafer sat down with sunnyvales mayor to find out what inspired him to push for the law. Mayor, welcome. Thank you. Thank you for having me. You really pushed for measure c. To put it on the ballot and get it passed. What made you so passionate . Many things. But the one that drove the point home was the unfortunate incident at newtown where Young Children that actually this past year should have been going to school are not going to school. That made me angry. We hear about all these tragic shootings across the
Good evening and welcome to kqed newsroom. This weeks elections thrust the south bay city of sunnyvale into the national spotlight. Voters approved a new gun law and the National Rifle association is threatening to sue. The new law would require gun owners to lock up their weapons and report firearm thefts. Gun dealers would have to keep records of all ammunition sales. And perhaps the most controversial, a ban on largesize magazines. The new law takes effect january 1st. Scott shafer sat down with sunnyvales mayor to find out what inspired him to push for the law. Mayor, welcome. Thank you. Thank you for having me. You really pushed for measure c. To put it on the ballot and get it passed. What made you so passionate . Many things. But the one that drove the point home was the unfortunate incident at newtown where Young Children that actually this past year should have been going to school are not going to school. That made me angry. We hear about all these tragic shootings across the
Good evening and welcome to kqed newsroom. This weeks elections thrust the south bay city of sunnyvale into the national spotlight. Voters approved a new gun law and the National Rifle association is threatening to sue. The new law would require gun owners to lock up their weapons and report firearm thefts. Gun dealers would have to keep records of all ammunition sales. And perhaps the most controversial, a ban on largesize magazines. The new law takes effect january 1st. Scott shafer sat down with sunnyvales mayor to find out what inspired him to push for the law. Mayor, welcome. Thank you. Thank you for having me. You really pushed for measure c. To put it on the ballot and get it passed. What made you so passionate . Many things. But the one that drove the point home was the unfortunate incident at newtown where Young Children that actually this past year should have been going to school are not going to school. That made me angry. We hear about all these tragic shootings across the
Good evening and welcome to kqed newsroom. This weeks elections thrust the south bay city of sunnyvale into the national spotlight. Voters approved a new gun law and the National Rifle association is threatening to sue. The new law would require gun owners to lock up their weapons and report firearm thefts. Gun dealers would have to keep records of all ammunition sales. And perhaps the most controversial, a ban on largesize magazines. The new law takes effect january 1st. Scott shafer sat down with sunnyvales mayor to find out what inspired him to push for the law. Mayor, welcome. Thank you. Thank you for having me. You really pushed for measure c. To put it on the ballot and get it passed. What made you so passionate . Many things. But the one that drove the point home was the unfortunate incident at newtown where Young Children that actually this past year should have been going to school are not going to school. That made me angry. We hear about all these tragic shootings across the