
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, March 4, 1990                   TAG: 9003042165
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: SACRAMENTO, CALIF.                                LENGTH: Short

GUN WAITING PERIOD IMPOSED IN CALIFORNIA

Gov. George Deukmejian, whose hard-core opposition to gun controls helped get him elected, signed legislation Saturday making California the nation's first state to impose a 15-day waiting period on the purchase of recreational rifles and shotguns.

Using a phrase reserved for his own pet political initiatives, the Republican chief executive termed the Democratic-authored bill a "common sense approach" to deal with criminals and the mentally unstable.

- Los Angeles Times

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