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Board passes ordinance requiring locked storage or trigger locks for firearms in residences
Summary
Supervisors passed an ordinance amending the police code to require firearms kept in residences to be stored in locked containers or disabled with approved trigger locks; the measure passed unanimously on first reading.
The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on first reading May 24 to amend the San Francisco Police Code to require that any firearm kept within a residence be stored in a locked container or disabled with an approved trigger lock.
Supervisor Mark Farrell introduced the measure, citing national and local data on the risks of unsecured firearms in homes and the number of children living in households with loaded and unlocked firearms. The ordinance extends safe-storage requirements beyond handguns and requires trigger-lock devices approved by the California Department of Justice. The measure includes a narrow immunity provision encouraging people to report lost or stolen firearms to law enforcement: a person who files such a report would not be subject to prosecution under the proposed ordinance.
Supervisor David Campos and Supervisor Jane Kim were among the colleagues added as cosponsors during remarks. Supporters emphasized child safety, reductions in thefts of firearms from residences, and the public-health dimensions of safer storage.
Ending: The ordinance passed unanimously on first reading and was scheduled for a subsequent reading as the measure moves through the legislative process.
