SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 9 -- The California State Assembly Democratic Caucus issued the following news release:
SACRAMENTO - Governor Gavin Newsom today signed Assemblymember Catherine Stefani's AB 1974, giving law enforcement agencies across California a framework to offer voluntary, temporary firearm storage when someone needs to get a gun safely out of the home.
The legislation was inspired by nine-year-old Pierce, who was killed by his father during a custody dispute.
AB 1974 creates statewide guidelines for police and sheriff's departments to offer temporary firearm storage to the public. The program gives Californians a safe place to store a firearm outside the home during a crisis, helping create distance from a gun when it matte...