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New program in S.F. would help remove guns from people who pose risk to themselves, others
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District Attorney Chesa Boudin is seen outside of the Hall of Justice in San Francisco, Calif. on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020.Paul Chinn / The Chronicle
San Francisco prosecutors are launching a new program to help take firearms out of the hands of people who pose a risk to themselves or others, building on a statewide gun violence restraining order law that remains scarcely used in much of California.
California’s gun violence restraining order law, which took effect in 2016, allows police to temporarily seize firearms and ammunition from people who are deemed a threat to themselves or others. The process requires someone like the targeted person’s family member, teacher, employer or coworker to file a gun violence restraining order with a court, where a judge holds a hearing on whether to grant or deny the request.
A new study shows that two-thirds of Californians don t know about a law designed to prevent a person at risk of hurting themselves or others from possessing or purchasing firearms or ammunition. More than 80% of survey participants were supportive once they read about this law.
This survey study in California assesses what the public knows about extreme risk protection orders and if people are willing to use them to prevent firearm-related harm, both in general and when a family member is at risk, and if not, why not. The orders temporarily suspend firearm and ammunition access by individuals a judge has deemed to be at substantial risk of harming themselves or others.
Why some violent crimes are up in LA: Combo of COVID and nation’s long history with guns Listen 15 min MORE “A lot of things like car thefts, and people stealing car parts, shootings and murders they’re all definitely up. A lot of it is due to the pandemic and people being home,” says Ethan Ward, reporter at Crosstown LA. Photo by Elliott Cowand Jr/Shutterstock.com.
This year kicked off with an alarming rise in shootings in Los Angeles, according to the LAPD’s public stats. Homicides are up, robberies are down, rapes are down, car thefts are up. And people looking to buy guns broke records after the attack on the Capitol.