California Gang and Gun Crimes Targeted in New Laws
New Gang and Gun Laws Approved
The Los Angeles CBS affiliate, channel 2, reported on December 8, 2008 that the Los Angeles city council committee has preliminarily approved seven city laws intended to suppress gang and gun hostility in the city. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and city council members introduced the proposals in June. It was a partnership showing between local and federal law enforcement organizations to attack gangs and gun related crime in Los Angeles.
The Public Safety Committee ordinances, if approved, would: permit landlords to throw out tenants who illegally posses firearms on the residence or within 1,000 feet of the property; forbid the sale of .50 caliber ammunition and cartridges; also force ammunition vendors to be licensed; allow the confiscation of vehicles used by gang members while committing a crime; calls for face to face transactions and record keeping for all ammo sales; forbids secret compartments in vehicles to conceal firearms; and mandates gun vendors to conduct inventories and report the inventories to the Los Angeles police department.
Councilman Jack Weiss, chair of the Public Safety Committee said, “it is comprehensive and it covers apartments, cars, guns, ammunition. “It’s the right way to attack these problems, to be comprehensive in scope and to be comprehensive in terms of support,” he said. “This is truly a gun control package that has been generated by and has support from the entire city.” According to the LAPD 93 percent of gang related murders are committed with a firearm.
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