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Supervisor Tom Torlakson :L `
FROM: Supervisor Mark DeSaulnier
' Costa
January 24, 19 9 5 �`•�••w Count/
DATE:
STATUS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACTION PLAN
SUBJECT: AND AMMUNITION SURCHARGE; CONSIDER LEGISLATION AND LOCAL BAN ON
THE SALE AND MANUFACTURE OF "RHINO" AND OTHER TYPR OF AMMUNITION
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATIONS)i BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
( 1 ) Request regular monthly reports to the Board by the Health
Services Department, County Counsel, and the Sheriff on the
implementation of the Violence Prevention Action Plan and the status
of the surcharge on ammunition.
(2) Direct the County Administrator and legislative advocates in
Sacramento to pursue State and Federal legislation that would ban the
sale and manufacture of "rhino" and other types of ammunition strongly
o0posed by law enforcement officers .
(3 ) Direct County Counsel to examine the feasibility of imposing a
local ban on the sale and manufacture of such ammunition if State and
Federal legislation is not forthcoming.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: There is a justified concern in the
community about the alarming increase in crime. Each morning we read
about acts of violence in our neighborhoods -- drive by .shootings,
stabbings, robberies, sexual assaults . Law enforcement officers,
those sworn to protect our communities have a difficult enough job
protecting our communities without the threat of ammunition like
"Rhino The sale and manufacture of Rhino would take away the only
protection police officers have =- the bullet-proof vest.
The Rhino bullet was designed to break into thousands of fragments
upon contact with human flesh and one version, the "Black Rhino" has
been designed to penetrate bullet stopping material such as kevlar.
Once these bullets are on the market, there .is no way to assure they
won't fall into the wrong hands . Rhino and Black Rhino bullets are
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S);
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED . OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS(ABSE)iy AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
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Sheriff ATTESTED
CAO PHIL B T HELOR.CLER F THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADWNISTRATOR
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Ban on Rhino Ammunition
January 24 , 1995
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not covered by the ban on any bullets that can penetrate a bullet
proof vest because they are made from polymers rather than from meal
alloys . In Contra Costa County that means that without a specific ban
on Rhino ammunition, the 1,650 federal firearm licensees could be
selling Rhino ammunition in the near future.