VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – On Friday, Governor Newsom signed AB 1344 into law allowing district attorney’s offices in four California counties to petition the courts for gun restraining orders.
The pilot program authorizes prosecutors in Ventura, El Dorado, Alameda, and Santa Clara counties to request a Gun Violence Restraining Order (GVRO), also known as ‘Red Flag Laws’, which prohibit a person from possessing or buying guns, firearms parts, ammunition, and magazines.
“This is a significant law for community safety,” stated Ventura County District Attorney Nasarenko who sponsored the bill. “Prosecutors are uniquely positioned and qualified to seek these restraining orders to prevent gun violence, and I thank Assemblymember Irwin for championing this much-needed legislation.”…