Calif. Can Seize Guns if Families Ask, ISIS Bombing Already Cost Nearly $1B, Rand Paul Cool With 'Plan B' Contraception: A.M. Links

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.1.2014 9:00 AM

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  So America totally didn't need that extra $930 million we've already spent killing civilians and birthing new terrrorists bombing ISIS, did we?

• In the wake of banning plastic bags yesterday, California Gov. Jerry Brown also signed a bill allowing for family members and cops to petition judges to seize firearms from individuals deemed dangerous.
• Maryland has now become the 17th state to decriminalize marijuana. 
• Firechat, which allows smartphone users to communicate without an Internet connection, was downloaded by more than 100,000 people in Hong Kong in the past day. 
• Rand Paul tells South Carolina students that he is not opposed to emergency contraception.
• The University of California aims to set the "gold standard" on gender-neutral bathrooms.  
• AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young has dementia. 

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown is a senior editor at Reason.