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Committee forwards ordinance requiring video of gun sales and weekly ammunition records to full Board
Summary
A committee advanced Supervisor Mark Farrell’s ordinance that would require gun dealers to videotape sales and transmit weekly ammunition-purchase data to the San Francisco Police Department; supporters said the rules would aid investigations and deter illicit purchases. The full Board will vote next week.
Supervisor Mark Farrell introduced an ordinance to require firearms dealers in San Francisco to install and operate video surveillance of all gun and ammunition sales and to transmit ammunition-sales records weekly to the San Francisco Police Department. Farrell said the package is intended to give local law enforcement new investigative tools and to reduce illegal trafficking and straw purchases.
The bill would require videotaping at critical areas of a dealer’s premises — counters, safes, vaults, display areas, parking lots and other locations where firearms or ammunition are handled — and would limit public access to those videos to law enforcement on…
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