SACRAMENTO - Gov. Jerry Brown signed six stringent gun-control measures Friday that will require people to turn in high-capacity magazines and require background checks for ammunition sales, as California Democrats seek to strengthen gun laws that are already among the strictest in the nation.

Brown vetoed five other bills, including a requirement to register homemade firearms and report lost or stolen weapons to authorities.

The Democratic governor's action is consistent with his mixed record on gun control. Some of the bills enacted duplicate provisions of a ballot measure by Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom that will appear on the November ballot.

Gun control measures have long been popular with the Democratic lawmakers who control the California Senate and Assembly. But they stepped up their push this year following the December shooting in San Bernardino by a couple who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group.

The bills angered Republicans and gun-rights advocates who say Democrats are trampling on 2nd Amendment rights, creating new restrictions that won't cut off the flow of guns to people intent on using them for nefarious purposes.

Riverside County Senator Jeff Stone deplored the anti-gun legislation. "I am disappointed that the Governor sided with those who do not believe the Second Amendment to the Constitution should be respected and followed. The bills the Governor signed today that target law-abiding citizens who choose to exercise their Constitutional rights to keep and bear arms will do nothing to keep guns out of the hands of criminals," Stone said. (INT)

Story Date: July 2, 2016