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Law Practice

Jul. 2, 2013

Lawyers still fighting for gun control 20 years after shooting

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the tragedy that took place at 101 California Street in San Francisco in 1993, when a disturbed man walked into the law offices of Pettit & Martin and opened fire, killing nine people.


By Joshua Sebold


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - Monday marks the 20th anniversary of the shooting spree that took place at 101 California Street in 1993, when a disturbed man named Gian Luigi Ferri walked into the law offices of Pettit & Martin with two TEC-DC9 submachine guns and a handgun and opened fire, killing eight people and wounding five more before turning his weapons on himself. For the Bay Area legal community, the day is a re...

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