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<br />during business hours or requires firearms dealers or ammunition sellers to install burglar
<br />alarms. California law explicitly allows local jurisdictions to impose security requirements
<br />on firearms dealers that are stricter or at a higher standard than those imposed by state
<br />law; and
<br />WHEREAS, no federal or California law prohibits firearms dealers or ammunition
<br />sellers from operating in residential neighborhoods or near schools, daycare centers,
<br />parks, or other places children frequent, or requires firearms dealers or ammunition
<br />sellers to obtain a land use permit; and
<br />WHEREAS, a 2020 study, Proximity of Gun Stores to High Schools and Student
<br />Gun Carrying, found that the proximity of gun stores to schools is significantly associated
<br />with self-reported gun carrying at school;4 and
<br />WHEREAS, according to data from Giffords Law Center, as of December 13, 2022,
<br />in California:5
<br />• 89 cities and 17 counties require firearms dealers to obtain a license or permit.
<br />• 37 cities and four counties require firearms dealers to obtain liability insurance.
<br />• 75 cities and eight counties expressly prohibit firearms dealers from operating as
<br />a home occupation.
<br />• 33 cities and five counties prohibit firearms dealers from being located near
<br />sensitive areas, such as daycare centers, schools, parks, places of worship and
<br />community/recreation centers, and other places children frequent; and
<br />WHEREAS, firearms dealers are considered a high-value target for criminals, and
<br />have been magnets for break-ins, theft, and destruction of property.6 According to ATF, a
<br />total of 4,691 firearms were stolen from gun dealers in 2019.7 This number significantly
<br />increased in 2020 with 7,180 guns stolen from FFLs nationwide;8 and
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<br />4 Zhang, G., Nakamoto, J., & Wendt, S. (2021). “Proximity of Gun Stores to High Schools and Student Gun Carrying.”
<br />Crime & Delinquency, 67(9), 1381–1403, htps://doi.org/10.1177/0011128720902694, (last visited April 25, 2023.)
<br />5 Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Communities on the Move, at:
<br />htps://giffords.org/lawcenter/report/communi�es-on-the-move-local-gun-safety-legisla�on-in-california/, (last
<br />visited April 24, 2023).
<br />6 According to the Special Agent in Charge of ATF’s Sacramento office, “When people break into homes or
<br />businesses, guns are o�en the target. … [O]f the commodi�es that we find that people that are involved in criminal
<br />ac�vity are looking for, guns are very high on the list.” Lynn Walsh, Dave Manoucheri and Mari Payton, Stolen
<br />Guns Fuel Underground Market For Criminals in California, NBC7 San Diego, Aug. 9, 2016,
<br />htp://www.nbcsandiego.com/inves�ga�ons/Stolen-Guns-Fuel-Underground-Market-For-Criminals-in-California-
<br />389352802.html, (last visited April 24, 2023).
<br />7 U.S. Dep’t of Jus�ce, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Federal Firearms Licensee Burglary and
<br />Robbery Sta�s�cs - Calendar Year 2015 – 2019 (Jan. 2020), available at:
<br />htps://www.a�.gov/infographics/federal-firearms-licensee-burglary-and-robbery-sta�s�cs-calendar-year-2015-
<br />2019, (last visited April 24, 2023).
<br />8 U.S. Dep’t of Jus�ce, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL)
<br />The�/Loss Report (Jan. 4, 2021) at
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