Publication: San Francisco Chronicle
California police sharply increased gun confiscations last year from people considered to be a danger to themselves or others, state Justice Department figures show.
Law enforcement agencies seized the weapons from people who were subject to gun violence restraining orders, under a law that had been lightly used in its first two years on the books.
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Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, said he is disappointed that his home city has not used the gun violence orders more. The first and only one issued in San Francisco came last year; Santa Clara County obtained 31 in 2018.
Ting has reintroduced legislation this session to give co-workers and school officials the ability to seek the court orders. Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed two similar bills, but Ting sees a new opportunity given Gov. Gavin Newsom’s expressed interest in expanding gun control.