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California Governor Jerry Brown on Friday signed a law of banning guns for people under 21 starting next year.

The law will prevent people under 21 from buying rifles and other types of guns. However, state law already bans people under 21 from buying handguns.

The new law exempts law enforcement, members of the military and people with hunting licenses from the restriction.

It was one of the dozens of bills Brown took action on.

Democratic Senator Anthony Portantino pointed to the shooting at a Florida high school last year that killed 17 people as the ground for his bill banning gun sales and transfers to people under 21.

"I was determined to help California respond appropriately to the tragic events our country has recently faced on high school campuses," Portantino said in a statement. "I feel it is imperative that California leads when Washington refuses to act."

Brown as well signed a bill to forbid gun possession for people who have been hospitalized or otherwise placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold for risk of hurting themselves or others twice in one year. That law would let those people ask a tribunal every five years to return their guns.

He as well signed a bill to prohibit people with certain domestic violence offenses from possessing guns for life.

In addition to the gun-related bills, he vetoed a measure that would have let bars in some cities serve alcohol until 4 a.m., which he said would result in more drunken driving.

California currently lets bars serve alcohol until 2 a.m.

"I believe we have enough mischief from midnight to 2 without adding two more hours of mayhem," he wrote in his veto message.

It would have allowed extended hours in nine California cities, including Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Brown also vetoed a bill that would have let parents serve edible marijuana to their children on school grounds to treat medical conditions. Children could be given cannabis solely if the school board adopted a policy to permit it.

Brown said in his veto message that he is concerned about exposing youth to marijuana and believes the bill is too broad, allowing its use for all ailments.

"I think we should pause before going much further down this path," he wrote.

By Sowmya Sangam