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SAN FRANCISCO
The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved legislation Tuesday requiring strict lock-up of firearms in vehicles parked in San Francisco.
The ordinance came in response to a number of high-profile shootings in San Francisco last year, including the death of a young woman shot in July with a gun stolen from a federal agent's car. The killing of 32-year-old Kate Steinle sparked a national debate over immigration because the shooter was a Mexican national released from a city jail despite federal requests to detain him for deportation.
In October, prosecutors say a trio of homeless drifters stole a gun from a civilian's parked car in San Francisco and used it to kill a backpacker and a tantric yoga instructor.
And on Friday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced that three handguns and an agent's badge were stolen earlier that day from a locked vehicle in the San Francisco Bay Area.
San Francisco isn't the first to trot out such legislation. Oakland city officials approved a vehicle lock-up regulation in January, and a state bill is pending.
Supervisor David Campos, who introduced the proposal, said the ordinance puts gun owners on notice that they must ensure the security of their firearm.
"I'm proud that here in San Francisco, once again, on the very important issue of guns, we continue to lead the way," he said.
The regulation would not apply to San Francisco police officers and sheriff's deputies provided the departments have policies regulating the storage of firearms for on-duty and off-duty officers. Representatives for the departments say regulations are in place, or soon will be.
The regulation is limited in that it would not apply to on-duty officers from outside jurisdictions, including municipal, federal and military personnel.
So a crime that was perpetrated because a government agents gun was stolen from his car prompts new laws to lock weapons in vehicles doesn't apply to government agents. you can't make up better stories than that.
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/state/california/article57877828.html