Posted March 26, 2018 9:30 am by Comments

By Chris Eger

Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, a former child star now representing part of Los Angeles County, contends banning .50 caliber handguns, along with other measures, will help curb gun deaths in the county. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)
Supervisors this month ordered a legal analysis on moving forward with a series of gun bans and gun store regulations in Los Angeles County.
Among the list of ideas “addressing the epidemic of gun violence” approved unanimously by the Board of Supervisors would be a ban on .50-caliber handguns, requiring zoning of a “buffer zone” between schools and gun store locations, limiting gun and ammo sales to those under age 21, and upping mandatory gun lock requirements. Proposed by Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, who is currently serving as Board Chair, she argues guns are a threat to public health in the county.
“We need to be taking every possible action and refuse to be satisfied by anything short of a comprehensive approach to this public health crisis that addresses not only gun violence, but child and elder abuse, suicide, and domestic and intimate partner violence,” Kueh said in a statement. “We want to prepare a comprehensive plan to ensure that every man, woman, and child in this county is free from

Source: Guns.com

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