The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is moving forward this week with plans to enact various gun control measures that will chill the 2A rights of law-abiding gun owners and place an undue burden on responsible gun dealers.
Among the ordinances included in the motion authored by Supervisor Janice Hahn are:
- A ban on the sale of .50 caliber handguns and .50 caliber ammunition
- The creation of “buffer zones” between gun stores and “sensitive areas” (schools, daycares, parks, etc.)
- To make all Los Angeles County property a gun-free zone
- Require gun stores to keep a fingerprint log, submit sales reports and inventory reports in real-time to the county board, install security cameras, limit minors’ access and provide gun owners with information about the local laws.
- Deny sales to individuals on the federal government’s no-fly list
“When I was in Congress, we responded to horrific mass shootings with little more than moments of silence and thoughts and prayers,” said Supervisor Hahn in a press release.
“I will not sit idly by when there is action that we can take to save lives,” she continued. “These gun violence prevention measures are commonsense and are under our authority at the County level to implement.”
Attorneys will be drafting up the details for each ordinance over the next three months. Once finished, the completed drafts will come before the board for a final vote.
Hahn told Fox11LA that these “common sense gun regulations” are “just one piece of the puzzle.”
“If we move forward with implementing these “four common-sense gun regulations”, I hope others in our county will follow suit,” Hahn said.