(CA) New gun-storage law heading to governor

[Robb]

SACRAMENTO (AP) — A bill that appears headed to the governor would require gun owners to lock up their weapons if they live with a convicted felon or anyone else who is prohibited from owning a firearm.

The legislation from Sen. Rod Wright, D-Inglewood, expands the state’s gun-storage law to those who know or should know they are living with someone who is not allowed to possess a firearm. SB363 heads back to the Senate for a final vote after passing the Assembly on a 62-8 vote Tuesday.

The state’s list of people who cannot legally own weapons includes those who have a felony or violent misdemeanor conviction; a determination that they are mentally unstable; or a domestic violence restraining order. The list is confidential and used for law-enforcement purposes.

If their weapon is used in a crime committed by a prohibited person, a gun owner could face fines and jail time.

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“When you take on the responsibility of owning pistols and rifles, you take on the responsibility of ensuring the safety of those weapons,” said Assemblyman Rocky Chavez, R-Oceanside, who was among roughly a dozen Republicans supporting the bill.

Read More: http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/09/03/bill-would-expand-states-gun-storage-requirements/

[billh58]

1. The NRA and

its supporters will claim that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms supersedes any "responsibility" issues imposed by a "Librul" tyrannical government. The right-wing, Libertarian gun culture in this country believes that all Constitutional rights come without any strings attached, and absolutely no liability for the exercise of those rights in any manner they see fit.

Wayne LaPierre, Crazy Teddy, and their apologists (we have a few on DU) believe that the Second Amendment also guarantees them the right to complete secrecy about their ownership of guns, even when they carry their precious in public.

Fortunately, most American gun owners do NOT belong to the NRA, nor do they subscribe to the extremist views of the very vocal minority of gun nuts who amass arsenals of lethal weapons. These are the same gun nuts who claim to represent "80 million gun owners" and who spew vast amounts of NRA-skewed "statistics" in a lame attempt to justify their part in enabling the gun deaths and injuries in this country.

Most American gun owners are in favor of assigning more responsibility and liability to the ownership of guns, and support sane gun control measures. Like the majority of Americans, they have had enough, and they see through the NRA fear-mongering lie about "the Democrats are coming for your guns."

[wild bird]

2. This is a good, sensible law,

and I see no reason why Gov. Brown wouldn't sign it.
This should be done on a national level, but I won't hold my breath waiting for it to happen.

[Sanddog42]

3. As goes California...

Hopefully the impact on gun-related deaths will be significant and other states will follow suit.

[wild bird]

4. It used to be as goes California, so does the rest of the nation,

but not so much anymore, matter of fact, CA's border states seem to do the opposite, as do many of the other states.