U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, hosted a virtual roundtable discussion Thursday with community leaders addressing gun violence across California.
The Golden State had one of the highest rates of gun violence in the 1980s and 1990s until lawmakers began tightening firearms restrictions. More still needs to be done, according to community leaders.
Today marks exactly one year since a disgruntled Valley Transit Authority worker opened fire and took the lives of nine colleagues in San Jose, and remembrances ranged from somber to combative to the serving of a wrongful death lawsuit.