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From:Geoff Ainscow
To:City Clerk
Subject:EXTERNAL - Safe Gun Storage
Date:Monday, September 12, 2022 12:22:23 PM
I write to express 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 securely 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.
I encourage you to adopt this ordinance.
Geoff Ainscow