Reaction
The shootings spurred calls for tighter gun control and were followed by a number of legal and legislative actions.
California, at the state level, implemented some of the toughest gun laws in the United States. The state also repealed a law that had given gun manufacturers immunity against lawsuits, following an attempt by some relatives of 101 California street victims to sue the companies that made the weapons Ferri used.
A number of organizations were formed in the wake of the shootings, including Legal Community Against Violence, which acts as a resource for information on federal, state, and local firearms policies. The AJC founded the Jack Berman Advocacy Center to lobby and organize with regard to gun control and violence reduction.
The firm, Pettit & Martin, did not long survive the attacks. Despite mutual support, counseling and therapy provided employees, many of whom suffered physical ailments from the trauma, there was not much spirit left to carry on. After the deaths of the long-lived name partners, the firm dissolved a few years later.
Read more about this topic: 101 California Street Shootings
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