California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several gun control measures Tuesday, including one that allows the court to consider stalking and animal cruelty as grounds to restrict access to firearms.
SACRAMENTO â The state already has some of the strictest gun laws in the country. The new laws signed by Newsom will expand restrictions on who could own firearms, prevent the proliferation of 'ghost guns' and increase protections for domestic violence survivors.' California won't wait until the next school shooting or mass shooting to act,' Newsom said in a statement.
The measure received bipartisan support from the Legislature.The new laws also aim at providing more protections for domestic violence survivors. There'll be fewer exceptions for police officers to continue carrying a gun if they were perpetrators of domestic violence. Law enforcement is also required to take away firearms from offenders.Newsom also signed legislation banning fake gunfire and fake blood from active-shooter drills in California's public schools.
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