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California is one of only seven states plus the district of columbia with a ban on assault weapons. how effective has a lot been at curbing gun violence in the state and what are the limitations of a state by state patchwork of laws to address this problem? >> its been very effective in california. its been a pillar and a foundation of one of the strongest sets of common sense gun laws in the nation. as a result, we have one of the lowest numbers of firearm deaths -- related deaths. and we certa...

Allow someone who broke the skull of his baby infant to have these kinds of weapons? >> ill tell you, its hard because we have state by state patchwork of gun laws. my state, illinois, has pretty, you know, reasonable gun laws but were surrounded by states that dont. so we have a flood of guns entering into our state. >> what law would let someone who broke the skull of their infant stepson buy a gun? >> frankly, i would say a law thats completely unreasonable. it blows my mind that we have in o...

The supreme court. so changes could be on the way for state by state patchwork of gay marriage laws. some that allow it, some that recognize it and some that ban it outright. ted rowlands is live. ted, whats next today? >> reporter: well, this week, today, the appeals process is starting from the folks that lost. the pro-prop 8 folks vowing to go to the ninth circuit. but they also have to prepare arguments for judge walker, vaughn walker, is the judge that released this decision. and hes hearin...

Singling out arizona? im curious to what he had to say. >> he has a lot to say. >> president believes we have to have a conference. i dont think latinos held that viewpoint or that position. i refer you to d.o.j. specifically on the lawsuit but obviously, as their release said yesterday, you constitutionally cannot have a 50 state patchwork of immigration laws. the only way were gonna solve that is through comprehensive immigration reform. >> ok, so there youve got him and he said, you know, im ...