Publication: San Francisco Chronicle
California has some of the strictest gun laws in the country, but even as they passed measures in the aftermath of mass shootings, legislators occasionally found themselves frustrated by former Gov. Jerry Brown and his veto pen.
Now they sense fresh opportunity under Gov. Gavin Newsom, a supporter of tightening gun laws who sponsored a successful ballot initiative in 2016 to institute background checks for ammunition sales.
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Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, has also brought back his 2018 bill to allow more people to seek a gun violence restraining order against someone they believe poses a danger to themselves or others. Brown vetoed the measure, which would have permitted co-workers and school personnel to petition a court to temporarily remove firearms from a person. Current law allows only family members, roommates and law enforcement to seek such orders.