Buford O. Furrow Jr., a white supremacist with neo-Nazi ties, has been charged in both crimes.
In an earlier interview Sunday on CNN’s “Late Edition,” Reno said she wants gun buyers to take written and manual tests demonstrating that they know how to use guns safely and lawfully.
Davis pledged at the rally to extend technical and financial aid to improve security at child-care centers and houses of worship.
The California governor signed laws last month restricting gun purchases and tightening a ban on assault weapons, and he has promised to support further “responsible” gun-control measures.
Davis’ talk was repeatedly interrupted by heckling from Irv Rubin, head of the Jewish Defense League. He and another man handed out leaflets reading, “Don’t leave yourself unarmed against those who want to murder you. Gun control laws are only observed by decent people, and haters aren’t decent.”
The family of Joseph Ileto, the slain postal worker, attended the rally, during which doctors, nurses, police and firemen who aided the victims of the Granada Hills shooting were honored.
The Los Angeles Jewish community found new cause for concern when worshippers arriving Saturday morning at Temple Knesset Israel in East Hollywood discovered that an outside wall had been spray-painted with a swastika and the words “Jews die.”
Elsewhere, on Sunday, Temple Beth Chai in Hauppage, N.Y., was damaged in an arson attack, which police are calling a hate crime.
Last Friday, two Jewish men, ages 79 and 56, were knocked down and hit in the face outside a Toronto synagogue.