Backers of the measure, which passed both the Assembly and Senate in unanimous votes last month, contend its one of many tweaks needed to the controversial restraining order practice, which has been characterized as the “turn in your neighbor” law.
“Today, we witnessed a rare victory for gun owners across California,” said Assemblywoman Melissa A. Melendez, R-Lake Elsinore, the bill’s sponsor. “By allowing a trustworthy alternative for gun owners to maintain possession of their firearms, we are preventing any unjustified gun grab against those who may be unfairly targeted by bogus allegations.”
Melendez’s bill, AB 950, codifies an exemption to state’s new gun violence order restraining laws put into effect after a disturbed man attacked the campus of the University of California Santa Barbara in Isla Vista. Before the incident, parents of the suspect in the incident tried unsuccessfully to get authorities to take away his weapons.