California Governor Gavin Newsom Signed The governor on Tuesday passed a series of gun control bills aimed at addressing gun violence, reducing domestic violence and strengthening the state's red flag law, which allows for the confiscation of firearms from individuals deemed dangerous.
“California will not wait until there is the next school shooting or mass shooting to act. In the face of Congress' inaction, our state is once again leading the way by strengthening our nation's best gun control laws,” Governor Newsom said in a press release.
The package includes measures to strengthen safe storage requirements to protect children, increase law enforcement training on red flag laws and increase resources for child custody caseworkers and officers to determine whether abusers have access to firearms.
The bill also includes measures to restrict gun ownership for animal abusers and people who cannot stand trial, as well as proposals aimed at increasing information sharing to make it easier for state courts to block gun ownership from people they deem a threat.
“The data shows that California's gun safety laws are effective at preventing gun deaths, and the continued inaction and obstruction by politicians in the pocket of the gun lobby is even more reprehensible,” Governor Newsom said in a press release.
In a press release, Fact Sheet The governor's website states that, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), California's gun death rate is 43% lower than the rest of the U.S. The state Department of Justice's Office of Gun Violence Prevention said. Analyzed.
The release also noted that the state's age-adjusted firearm homicide rate for young people under the age of 25 in 2022 was 45% lower than rates recorded in the rest of the country, according to preliminary CDC findings. data.
