Swordsmyth
08-31-2018, 05:39 PM
California lawmakers passed a bill on Tuesday that would empower school personnel and co-workers to petition a court to temporarily take away firearms in the possession of someone they believe to be a danger to themselves or others.
The bill expands an existing gun-confiscation law, which currently restricts those who can petition the court for a gun violence restraining order to roommates, law enforcement, and immediate family members of the the individual in question.
The bill, which passed 25–12, now requires Governor Jerry Brown’s signature, which is not guaranteed, as he vetoed a similar proposal in 2016.
“This is about getting guns out of the hands of the wrong people,” Democratic assemblyman Phil Ting of San Francisco, who introduced the bill, told the San Francisco Chronicle (https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/California-legislators-OK-bill-to-expand-13189531.php).
Under current law, if a gun owner is reported to the court as a potential danger, his guns are confiscated for 21 days, pending a hearing to determine if the confiscation should be extended for one year.
More at: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/california-legislators-pass-bill-expanding-gun-confiscation-law/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=idealmedia&utm_campaign=nationalreview.com&utm_term=68804&utm_content=1
The bill expands an existing gun-confiscation law, which currently restricts those who can petition the court for a gun violence restraining order to roommates, law enforcement, and immediate family members of the the individual in question.
The bill, which passed 25–12, now requires Governor Jerry Brown’s signature, which is not guaranteed, as he vetoed a similar proposal in 2016.
“This is about getting guns out of the hands of the wrong people,” Democratic assemblyman Phil Ting of San Francisco, who introduced the bill, told the San Francisco Chronicle (https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/California-legislators-OK-bill-to-expand-13189531.php).
Under current law, if a gun owner is reported to the court as a potential danger, his guns are confiscated for 21 days, pending a hearing to determine if the confiscation should be extended for one year.
More at: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/california-legislators-pass-bill-expanding-gun-confiscation-law/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=idealmedia&utm_campaign=nationalreview.com&utm_term=68804&utm_content=1