At 19, the suspect in the Gilroy Garlic Festival wasn’t able to buy a gun in California. So he purchased it legally in Nevada.
Reno Gazette JournalRENO, Nev. – The thought haunting Nevada gun control advocates surrounds action the state Legislature could have taken this year that may have prevented the three deaths at the Gilroy Garlic Festival on Sunday. At least 12 people were wounded.
Nor has it been a marquee issue in the past, thanks in part to lawmakers' concerns about the impact such a law might have on young military veterans. Many said that task fell to Everytown for Gun Safety, the billionaire-backed national gun control advocacy group that recently helped push through a pair of major gun reforms in Nevada.
“That’s what prompted us not to push for that,” said Sarah Dahl, who helps lead the local chapter of Moms Demand Action. “In Nevada, there’s some people that push back against every little gun initiative. “If we had passed pre-emption, we could do something about right now,” Brown said. “That’s the problem with meeting every other year."
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