URGENT ACTION ALERT RE: SB 264 (MIN) FIREARMS AND ORANGE COUNTY FAIR AND EVENT CENTER

THIS IS THE PRESS RELEASE FROM 

SENATOR DAVE MIN PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

"SENATOR DAVE MIN'S GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION BILL IS HEAVILY AMENDED BUT HEADS TO ASSEMBLY FLOOR

SB 264 LIMITED TO COVER ONLY ORANGE COUNTY, BUT MIN VOWS TO TAKE UP STATEWIDE BAN AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

SACRAMENTO, CA --- Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine) announced his Senate Bill (SB 264, which would end the sale of ammunition, guns and ghost guns on state-owned property, passed out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee last Thursday.  However, the bill was narrowed in committee to cover only one fairground site, the Orange County Fair and Event Center.

"While I'm happy that SB 264 is one step closer to keeping the citizens of Orange County safer from the specter of gun violence, I am extremely disappointed that this bill was derailed by politics as usual," Min said.  "We are facing a gun violence epidemic, one that is not limited to Orange County but which as enveloped our state and country with tragic and unacceptable results.  These are not just statistics, and we cannot simply allow the status quo to be normalized or seen as acceptable.

"Study after study shows that more guns in our communities lead to more gun violence.  Gun shows not only increase the presence of guns in our communities but also circumvent gun safety laws and encourage the sale of ghost guns - gun precursor parts that are virtually untraceable for law enforcement.

"I thank our partners who helped us get this bill one step closer to the Governor's office.  For now, I hope that with their continued support, we will get SB 264 off of the Assembly Floor and signed into law by the Governor, making Orange County families that much safer from gun violence.

"But I also vow to them that we will take up this cause again next year.  California must get out of the deadly, and morally wrong business of selling guns."

Senator Min represents the city of Costa Mesa, where the Orange County Fair and Event Center is located.  The site typically host multiple Crossroads of the West gun shows every year.

The bill heads to the Assembly Floor next, where it requires a majority vote (41)"

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On 9/2/21 SB 264 passed out of the Assembly on a vote of 51 to 21 & 7 No Vote Recorded (NVR)

BRADY OC REQUESTS CALLS TO THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN SB 264

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