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August 13, 2019
Chula Vista City Council Members:
San Diego County Gun Owners opposes the proposed resolution requesting urgent action on "Gun
Safety Legislation"for the following reasons:
1. None of the requested legislation addresses gun safety. Gun safety has to do with the
proper and safe handling of firearms and we are proponents of the 4, universal safety rules
which are -treat every gun as if it were loaded, keep your finger off the trigger until you are
ready to shoot, never point a firearm at anything you are not willing to destroy, and know
your target and what is beyond your target.
2. You are calling for banning "assault weapons"which is not a standard firearms industry term
with any meaningful definition. There have been a number of attempts to create a legal
definition of"assault weapon", but without having a standard, accepted, and meaningful
definition of what you are trying to ban, your request lacks meaning.
3. If the meaning of"assault weapon" mirrors the often re-defined California definition, the July
2004 U.S. Justice Department study authored by Christopher Koper on the impact of gun
violence as a result of the federal ban assault weapon ban showed that there was no impact
on crime due to the ban.
4. Banning magazines that hold over 10 rounds of ammunition is dangerous because it
prevents people in high stress situations, like fighting for their life against an attack, from
carrying the amount of ammunition the firearms was designed to carry and enough
ammunition to give them the best chance of defending their life.
5. Regarding background checks on all transfers; it is already illegal to sell a firearm to anyone
who is prohibited from owning a firearm. Every state has the ability to facilitate a background
check for firearms sellers who do not know if the firearms buyer is legally prohibited from
buying a firearm.
Sincerely,
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Michael A. Schwartz
Executive Director
(858) 335-9320
Paid for by San Diego County Gun Owners PAC
P.O. Box 124667, San Diego, CA 92112
FPPC ID #1379388
www.sdcgo.org