California: “Gun Confiscation Too Expensive”

By Tim

In most states, you cannot have guns if you’re a felon, or if you have been committed for mental illness. Many also prohibit gun ownership by domestic violence offenders or drug abusers as reported by the Washington Post.

You’re supposed to get rid of your guns if you fall into any of these categories. If the police later catch you with one, they can charge you with illegal possession, which should serve as a deterrent. But rarely will officers come knocking on your door asking you give up your firearms.

Except in California, which operates an expensive and unique program to track down illegally-owned guns. The state checks its records to find registered gun owners who have been convicted of felonies or domestic violence crimes, or who have been flagged as being mentally unstable. Roving teams of armed agents in bulletproof vests visit the homes of such people to make sure they have surrendered their guns.

This is a slow, painstaking process, and it has fallen behind in recent years. After the Sandy Hook shooting in 2013, lawmakers gave the gun seizure program a $24 million infusion to fund more agents to knock on more doors. The goal was to investigate …read more

Via:: GunsNFreedom