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July 5, 2019

California town wants to be a sanctuary — for gun owners

  • In the wake of new state gun laws, the city wants to help visitors avoid a felony arrest if a traffic stop turns up a loaded but legally registered gun from outside California.
  • By JOHN ROGERS and JOHN LOCHER
    Associated Press

    NEEDLES, Calif. — The Old West desert town of Needles, California, is where the beleaguered Joad family crossed the Colorado River into California in John Steinbeck's classic novel “The Grapes of Wrath” and was a boyhood home to “Peanuts” creator Charles Schulz.

    These days, Needles is gaining notoriety for another reason. Leaders have declared it a “sanctuary city” for people who believe California's strict gun laws have encroached too much on their constitutional right to keep and bear arms.


     
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