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Ventura County prosecutor briefs Port Hueneme council on gun violence restraining orders and outreach
Summary
A Ventura County deputy district attorney explained how California's gun violence restraining orders (GVROs) work, noted they're underutilized locally, and described outreach and training efforts for schools and law enforcement.
Rachole Kelly, a Family Justice Center on-site prosecutor with the Ventura County District Attorney's Office, told the Port Hueneme City Council that gun violence restraining orders (GVROs) are a legal tool to temporarily remove firearms from people assessed to pose a credible risk to themselves or others.
Kelly summarized the law's development: the initial 2016 statute allowed law enforcement to seek GVROs; a 2020…
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