Agenda Item # 3.1 - Lorrin Squatritto | Received 09/09/2022From:Lorrin Squatritto
To:City Clerk; All Council Members
Subject:EXTERNAL - Sept 12 Public Comments For Items Not on Agenda
Date:Friday, September 9, 2022 4:42:09 PM
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City Council, Staff, and the Public,
I write to express very strong support for the "City Code Chapter 16 Offenses-Miscellaneous Amendment to add
Safe Storage of Firearms” item and action to adopt by ordinance with a goal of reducing gun violence and
improving gun safety for everyone on a future agenda. A safe storage ordinance would state that all firearms in
homes be surely stored in a locked container or disabled with a locking device to prevent discharge unless it is being
carried on the authorized individual’s person. Cities and towns across California are adopting safe storage
ordinances due to deficiencies in the current California Penal Code 25100 which fails to define what “safe storage”
is, while also failing to apply it to all homes (it only applies to homes where one might “reasonably expect” a child
to enter). This has led to many small child unintentional deaths and teen gun suicides from unsecured firearms. It
has also allowed easy access to stealing unsecured firearms in home burglaries (where guns then become crime
guns) and it also increases the chances for school mass shootings. Safe storage laws save lives and do not infringe
upon the second amendment. Enact this law for Gilroy.
Thank You.
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