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AJR30:v99#DOCUMENTBill Start

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Joint Resolution

No. 30

Introduced by Assembly Member McKinnor
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Bonta)
(Coauthor: Senator Arreguín)

May 11, 2026

 Relative to gun violence. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AJR 30, as introduced, McKinnor.
 Ending gun violence in the United States.

This measure would commend President Donald J. Trump for specified comments relating to gun violence and call upon Congress to support legislation and necessary constitutional amendments to end gun violence, as specified.

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WHEREAS, Every day, more than 110 Americans are killed by gun violence, alongside more than 200 who are shot and wounded, and on average there are nearly 16,000 gun homicides every year; and

WHEREAS, Americans are 26 times more likely to die by gun homicide than people in other high-income countries; and

WHEREAS, California has 3,160 gun deaths every year, with a rate of 7.8 deaths per 100,000 people. California has the 45th highest rate of gun deaths in the United States; and

WHEREAS, Firearms are now the leading cause of death for children in the United States; and

WHEREAS, The United States Department of Justice reported that there were 22 domestic mass shooting events in 2017, 24 domestic mass shooting events in 2018, 23 domestic mass shooting events in 2019, 12 domestic mass shooting events in 2020, and 20 domestic mass shooting events in 2025; and

WHEREAS, Between the years of 2017 and 2025, none of these mass shooting events motivated President Donald J. Trump to end the gun violence epidemic in the United States; and

WHEREAS, On January 6, 2021, a mob of rioters, including at least five individuals carrying or possessing a firearm, attacked the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, in an attempt to disrupt the certification of the 2020 presidential election results and prevent then president-elect Joe Biden from taking office; and

WHEREAS, The attempted insurrection at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, did not motivate President Donald J. Trump to end the gun violence epidemic in the United States; and

WHEREAS, On July 13, 2024, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump was injured from an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania; and

WHEREAS, The attempted assassination of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump on July 13, 2024, did not motivate President Donald Trump to end the gun violence epidemic in the United States; and

WHEREAS, On September 15, 2024, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump was not injured from an assassination attempt in West Palm Beach, Florida; and

WHEREAS, The attempted assassination of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump on September 15, 2024, did not motivate President Donald Trump to end the gun violence epidemic in the United States; and

WHEREAS, On April 25, 2026, President Donald Trump was not injured from an assassination attempt in Washington, DC; and

WHEREAS, The attempted assassination of President Donald Trump on April 25, 2026, did not motivate President Donald Trump to end the gun violence epidemic in the United States; and

WHEREAS, While the United States Supreme Court has long protected a person’s constitutional right to own firearms, the New York Times published an interview with President Donald Trump on January 8, 2026, in which the president was asked what he believed the limits of his presidential power were, stating, “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me”; and

WHEREAS, On January 24, 2026, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a White American citizen 37 years of age, intensive care nurse for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and legal gun owner, was shot 10 times and killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents while expressing his constitutional right to free speech; and

WHEREAS, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were not justified in killing Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a White American citizen 37 years of age, intensive care nurse for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and legal gun owner, when he was shot 10 times while expressing his