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Awarded the 2001 Society of Professional Journalists' award for best national
television documentary, GunShots led to the passage of California's
Gun Trafficking Prevention Act in 2002. Learn about other recent legislation on gun
control and extend your knowledge of this controversial issue with these resources.

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The program producers, the Center for Investigative Reporting, continue their
examination of the illicit cheap hand gun market in their October 23, 2003 Oakland Tribune article,
Searching for Answers to Violent mix of Youth, Gangs and Guns.
This new report revisits Oakland's youth gun violence problem and
compares it to the situation in Salinas and Watsonville where one town has avoided major gun
violence while the other is suffering an epidemic.
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GunShots investigates the largest gun trafficking case ever prosecuted
in the Bay Area. Study the chronology of events which began with the sale of
more than 1100 guns in the Bay Area to the eventual capture of the
culprit and his accomplices.

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