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FILE -- In this May 20, 2017, file photo California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, speaks at the California Democratic Party Convention, in Sacramento, Calif. Newsom, a candidate for governor who has made gun regulations a major part of his campaign, was dealt a setback when a federal judge blocked a law set to take effect Saturday that would have barred gun owners from possessing high-capacity ammunition magazines. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)
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FILE -- In this May 3, 2017 file photo is California Attorney General Xavier Becerra in Sacramento, Calif. Becerra, who took office in January after he was appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown and is expected to run for reelection next year, was dealt a setback when a federal judge blocked a law set to take effect Saturday that would have barred gun owners from possessing high-capacity ammunition magazines. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)
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FILE - This Oct. 3, 2013 file photo shows a custom-made semi-automatic hunting rifle with a high-capacity detachable magazine is displayed at a gun store in Rocklin, Calif. California politicians' attempts to strengthen the nation's strictest gun laws took two setbacks this week when a federal judge blocked a law that would have outlawed all high-capacity ammunition magazines and state regulators blocked assault weapons rules. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)
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FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2014 file photo, California State Sen. Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, displays a homemade fully automatic rifle, confiscated by the Department of Justice, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. De Leon, who may seek higher office when he is termed out of office next year and has championed gun regulations, was dealt a setback when a federal judge blocked a law set to take effect Saturday that would have barred gun owners from possessing high-capacity ammunition magazines.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)
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An elephant walks in the street, Friday, June 30, 2017, in Baraboo, Wis. Law enforcement officers quickly got in touch with the nearby Circus World Museum, home to the wandering pachyderm. A trainer arrived and led the elephant back to the circus complex. (Jaime Peterson via AP)
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An elephant walks in the yard of home, Friday, June 30, 2017, in Baraboo, Wis. Law enforcement officers quickly got in touch with the nearby Circus World Museum, home to the wandering pachyderm. A trainer arrived and led the elephant back to the circus complex. (Jaime Peterson via AP)
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This undated photo provided by the Henry County Sheriff's Department shows Daniel Crane. Crane pleaded guilty last week to charges of vehicular homicide and following too closely in an Aug. 20 collision that killed Summer Lee.At a sentencing hearing on June 22, 2017, Senior Judge Rusty Carlisle gave him a two-year sentence, including 60 days in jail and the remainder on probation. As a condition of probation, Carlisle said Crane must carry around a photo of Lee and a copy of the statement her mother read at the hearing. (Henry County Sheriff's Office via AP)
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Police gather outside Bronx Lebanon Hospital in New York after a gunman opened fire and then took his own life there on Friday, June 30, 2017. The gunman, identified as Dr. Henry Bello who used to work at the hospital, returned with a rifle hidden under his white lab coat, law enforcement officials said. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Police gather outside Bronx Lebanon Hospital in New York after a gunman opened fire and then took his own life there on Friday, June 30, 2017. The gunman, identified as Dr. Henry Bello who used to work at the hospital, returned with a rifle hidden under his white lab coat, law enforcement officials said. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2016, file photo, the remains of laundry machines sit on the site of a burned inn near downtown Gatlinburg, Tenn. District Attorney General Jimmy Dunn said Friday, June 30, 2017, that two juveniles would no longer face charges for the wildfire because there were other contributing factors, such as strong winds and down power lines, that contributed to the seriousness of the blaze that killed 14 people. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, File)
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A woman is escorted by officers in plainclothes near the Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center after reports of a shooting, Friday, June 30, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Police gather outside Bronx Lebanon Hospital in New York after a gunman opened fire and then took his own life there on Friday, June 30, 2017. The gunman, identified as Dr. Henry Bello who used to work at the hospital, returned with a rifle hidden under his white lab coat, law enforcement officials said. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Police help people cross the street outside the Bronx Lebanon Hospital in New York after a gunman opened fire there on Friday, June 30, 2017. The gunman, identified as Dr. Henry Bello who used to work at the hospital, returned with a rifle hidden under his white lab coat, law enforcement officials said. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Police help people cross the street outside the Bronx Lebanon Hospital in New York after a gunman opened fire there on Friday, June 30, 2017. The gunman, identified as Dr. Henry Bello who used to work at the hospital, returned with a rifle hidden under his white lab coat, law enforcement officials said. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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This booking photo released Friday, June 30, 2017, by the Stutsman County Correctional Center in Jamestown, N.D., shows James Watson, the police chief in LaMoure, N.D., who was charged Friday with sex crimes in three western North Dakota counties, including two counts of continuous sex abuse of a child. Watson has yet to appear in court. (Stutsman County Correctional Center via AP Photo)
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FILE - This May 9, 2017 file photo shows an intersection in the Maryvale section of Phoenix where one victim was shot to death in a string of shootings that terrorized area residents. Aaron Saucedo, 23, accused in serial killings that terrorized a Phoenix neighborhood, was formally charged with murder Friday, June 30, 2017. The indictment came nearly two months after police said he was responsible for killing nine people. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
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FILE - This undated file booking photo provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office shows Aaron Saucedo. Saucedo, 23, accused in serial killings that terrorized a Phoenix neighborhood, was formally charged with murder Friday, June 30, 2017. The indictment came nearly two months after police said he was responsible for killing nine people. (Maricopa County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
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FILE - In this May 9, 2017 file photo, a sidewalk memorial sits in a Phoenix neighborhood a year after the victim was killed in a shooting. Aaron Saucedo, 23, accused in serial killings that terrorized a Phoenix neighborhood, was formally charged with murder, Friday, June 30, 2017. The indictment came nearly two months after police said he was responsible for killing nine people. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
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This photo provided by the San Antonio Police Department shows officer Miguel Moreno, who died Friday, June 30, 2017, of wounds suffered Thursday, when he and his partner were shot by a man they intended to question about a vehicle break-in, police said. (San Antonio Police Department via AP)
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Signs from grateful residents are posted throughout the southern Utah ski town of Brian Head, Utah, , Friday, June 30, 2017. Fire managers lifted evacuations in Brian Head on Friday, with the blaze 20 percent contained. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
