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California leaders are launching a new effort to keep guns out of the hands of potentially dangerous people.On Tuesday, City Attorney Mara Elliott , California Attorney General Rob Bonta and other leaders announced a historic expansion of the state’s Gun Violence Restraining Order program.“America leads the world, unfortunately, when it comes to gun violence ,” said Bonta.Bonta says while the U.S. leads when it comes to gun violence , San Diego leads when it comes to gun violence prevention.
According to Elliott, the new initiative includes more than $4 million in state funding for our region to expand gun violence prevention work here — and statewide.“The grant funds will help us better identify dangerous people so that we can get court orders requiring them to surrender their firearms,” said Elliott.Elliott added they’re creating a new regional task force to make it happen. Additionally, her office has already provided training to 39 counties up and down California.
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