Agenda Item # 3.2 - Carol Weiss | Received 09/08/2022
September 8, 2022
To the Honorable City Council of Gilroy:
Sunnyvale Citizens for Sensible Gun Measures urges you to agendize and
subsequently to adopt an ordinance for the Safe Storage of firearms. This
measure is critical to the well being and safety of children, victims of domestic
abuse and potential suicides. It is a strong deterrent to gun thefts during the
course of home burglaries. Gilroy must join the many other California cities that
have already adopted similar ordinances.
We, the Sunnyvale Citizens for Sensible Gun Measures, convinced our City
Council in 2013 to put this measure, along with three other sensible gun
measures on the November ballot. We campaigned to get these measures
passed and the Sunnyvale voters showed how important gun safety is to them;
they voted in favor of the four measures by almost 67%. We’ve no doubt the
Citizens of Gilroy are equally in favor of such an ordinance, especially with the
memory of the Gilroy Garlic Festival shootings still fresh in everyone’s mind.
The primary duty of a city council is to provide for the safety and welfare of its
citizens. One way to help ensure this is requiring the safe storage of firearms in
all homes.
Respectfully,
Carol L Weiss
President
Sunnyvale Citizens for Sensible Gun Measures