WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)—Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Wednesday, June 4, sent a letter to California Governor Edmund G. Brown, State Senate President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg and Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins on the recent tragic violence in Isla Vista and possible actions to prevent more senseless killings.
Feinstein urged the lawmakers to amend California law, writing, “The facts of this shooting highlight a deficiency in California law: an individual who is mentally ill can exhibit signs suggesting to family and to law enforcement that he may pose a risk of committing physical harm, but those most knowledgeable about the individual’s condition are powerless to take steps to prohibit the individual, at least temporarily, from possessing a firearm.”
Feinstein proposed two policy changes that would temporarily prohibit an individual from possessing a firearm if the individual poses an immediate or credible risk of committing violence.
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•Empower law enforcement to request a warrant authorizing firearm removal when law enforcement identifies a person who poses an immediate threat of harm to himself or to others, or who poses a risk of harm to himself or to others that is credible, but not immediate.
•Create a new civil restraining order process to allow family members and intimate partners to petition the court to authorize temporary removal of firearms and to temporarily prohibit firearm purchase and possession based on a credible risk of physical harm to self or others.
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