L.A. County to consider stricter gun-sales regulations, including safe-storage ordinance and raising age requirement
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to explore new countywide gun control measures in response to rising cases of local gun violence as well as mass shootings across the country.
The measure, authored by Supervisors Janice Hahn and Hilda Solis, authorizes county attorneys to check if gun control measures like age limits, background checks, red flag laws, and banning of certain weapons could be legally passed. "I'm pretty convinced that if we can enact some regulations here in Los Angeles County, it will save lives," Hahn told Eyewitness News. "I want our county lawyers to come back and tell the board of supervisors whether or not we can enact some stricter, common sense gun legislation here in LA County.
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