California gun dealers could see more safety and security regulations

By Chris Eger

Proposals by Calfornia lawmakers would mandate more security to prevent gun theft such as in smash-and-grab burglaries such as this one at involving a Jeep Cherokee that plowed through the front entrance of a Colorado store in May. (Photo: Steve Nehf/The Denver Post)
Measures pending in the California Legislature could place licensed firearms dealers in the state under the gun of new rules and security procedures.
Two bills in particular — SB 464 and AB 1525 — would set in place revamped storage and security guidelines while ordering a change in mandatory warnings dealers must provide with firearm purchases.
SB 464, sponsored by state Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, would mandate that display cases in gun stores be constructed either of smash-proof polycarbonate panels that are at least one-quarter inch thick or laminated glass designed to make it harder to break. Other procedures, such as storing guns in a locked steel gun rack, are included and are required by July 1, 2019.
To prevent smash-and-grab vehicular attacks, bollards capable of stopping a 5,000-pound vehicle traveling at 30 mph would be required for store fronts located at ground level.
Hill argues the bill is needed to help address gun theft from dealers, pointing to a 2016

Source: Guns.com