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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 10271987 - S.4'ROM: Contra 5` Supervisor Nancy- Fanden Costa 1ATE: October 20, •1987 County OBJECT: LEGISLATIVE MONITORING OF AB768 AND SB466 PECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION REQUEST: That the County Administrator have our lobbyist in Sacramento report to the Board on the status the following bills: That these bills be monitored until passage or defeat. 1) Assemblyman Burt Margolin's AB768 making the carrying handguns in vehicle passenger compartments a felony. 2) Senator Howard Metzenbaum' s SB466, commonly known as the Brady Bill. This bill would require a 14 day waiting period before a handgun could be purchased. Tile time allowed for police checks of prospective purchasers would prevent at least some weapons from being purchased by potentially violent people. BACKGROUND: The media has recently focused ort the deadly problem of- armed motorists using firearms to attack other motorists. Five deaths that I know of have been attributed to this kind of violence. Two nonfatal attacks have taken place in our county. This type of violence is directly linked to the general availability and possession of firearms. The Board of Supervisors has publicly taken a stand on this issue and will not condone nor tolerate violence on our highways and byways. ONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE! RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE _ APPROVE OTHER IGNATURE(S) CTION OF BOARD ON Oct-ohPr 27, I qR7 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER OTE OF SUPERVISORS X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT III ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. C; ATTESTED October. 27 , 19.87 County Administrator ------ - --- - -- Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of _Supervisors and County Administrator- - -- - -- 1382/7-83 BY DEPUTY