The seizures included assault weapons, “ghost guns,” handguns, rifles, and shotguns. Also seized were more than 49,000 rounds of ammunition and 87 high-capacity magazines, authorities said.
Agents from the DOJ’s Bureau of Firearms partnered with personnel from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the Los Angeles County Probation Department, and officers from multiple police departments, according to a news release from the California Department of Justice.
The sweep targeted people who are prohibited from possessing firearms under the DOJ’s Armed and Prohibited Persons System, Attorney General Rob Bonta said.
“California’s Armed and Prohibited Persons System is a critical tool that makes the work of cracking down on illegal gun ownership and possession possible,” Bonta said. “… Collaborative efforts like these increase our success in taking guns out of potentially dangerous hands, reducing gun violence, and keeping our neighborhoods safe,” he added.
In 2006, California became the only state in the nation to establish a system for tracking firearm owners who fall into a prohibited status. The APPS database works to identify individuals who lawfully procured firearms and later became prohibited from owning or possessing them. In general, prohibited persons in APPS include individuals who were convicted of a felony or a violent misdemeanor, were placed under a domestic violence or other restraining order, or suffer from serious mental illness.
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Mike says
These red flag laws are unconstitutional and were cited as legally questionable in a recent second amendment ruling by the US Supreme Court. The truth is, the second amendment exists to repel a tyrannical government and that’s why they want your guns folks.
Tim Scott says
The second amendment calls for a well regulated militia. It was Scalia that interpreted that to mean “any dingbat can have a gun.” Pretty funny, since he claimed to be an originalist.
America's Most Dingbat With a Gun says
Thank heaven for Scalia.
BTW: This Spring SCOTUS will take up a case that determines if sheriffs can deny CCW permits in LA County, SF, etc. Imagine if hundreds of thousands of citizens start carrying. Crime would drop dramatically.
Tim Scott says
A bunch of armed dingbats running around is likely to increase crime, particularly crimes of violence.
America's Most Delirious & Delusional says
It might be like “The Purge” everyday and I’d never come out of my house. But it might ease the housing shortage (that’s cold and I’m ashamed of myself).
Sweep says
This is more of a PR stunt than anything else.
Tim Scott says
I’d be interested in the process here. The combination of “registered buying a firearm” followed later by “became ineligible to buy or own a firearm” is all well and good, but did a judge issue search warrants for these people’s homes based on just that? Seems a stretch, to say the least.
If that’s how this works it would be interesting to know how many of these warrants end up in the flip side, with some guy that no longer has a gun and is minding their own business getting a shock and awe visit from the stormtroopers.