Governor signs gun restraining-order bill
Gov. Jerry Brown
California Gov. Jerry Brown took mixed action on several gun control bills Tuesday, approving a measure allowing temporary restraining orders to block gun use but vetoing legislation that would have required Californians to register homemade guns, the Sacramento Bee reports.
Assembly Bill 1014 was the capitol’s primary response to the lethal shooting spree this May near the University of California, Santa Barbara. It will allow family members of someone who is displaying signs of mental instability to request a court order temporarily barring gun use and purchase, the report says.
Families of people killed in Isla Vista had lobbied for the bill at the capitol, and Skinner cheered Brown’s action Tuesday.
The measure was opposed by gun rights advocates, who feared potential misuse.
The bill “goes far beyond just gun rights. It’s a due process issue,” said Craig DeLuz, director of communications for the California Association of Federal Firearms Licensees. “It throws the basic concept of innocent until proven guilty on its ear.”
Brown also signed Senate Bill 199, by Sen. Kevin de León, D-Los Angeles, which will require toy guns to be brightly colored. Proponents cited incidents in which police officers have shot young Californians wielding realistic-looking toy guns.
Read the full story in The Sacramento Bee.
