California Gov. Jerry Brown signed 11 gun control bills on Friday including a bill that would ban the use of lead bullets by hunters; Brown also vetoed seven bills including a ban on semiautomatic rifles with detachable magazines, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Brown believed that the bill that would have given California that nation's strictest gun control laws was too broad, according to the Associated Press.
"I don't believe that this bill's blanket ban on semi-automatic rifles would reduce criminal activity or enhance public safety enough to warrant this infringement on gun owners' rights," Brown wrote in his veto message.
Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, authored the bill against guns that allowed for rapid reloading.
"There is no legitimate reason for hunters or sportsmen and women to have battlefield-style rifles that can quickly spray dozens and dozens of rounds through the rapid reloading of detachable magazines," Steinberg said.
Another bill that was rejected by Brown included one that would have made it more difficult for people to pass a background check in order to purchase a firearm while a bill that would force gun owners to get more safety training was passed according to the Times.
A lead bullet that kills an animal is capable of making the meat toxic, therefore making it far more dangerous for humans to consume.
"We are thrilled that Governor Brown has mad AB 711 the law of the land," the architect of the law, Assemblyman Anthony Rendon, said in a statement. "There is simply no reason to continue using lead ammunition in hunting when it poses a significant risk to human health and the environment."
One of the bills that was passed was a proposal from Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, that would outlaw the sale of kits that people could use to transform smaller ammunition magazines into high-capacity magazines, according to the Associated Press.
