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ATTY/RESO.0029/PC RESO FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS
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<br />WHEREAS, an ATF report revealed that 83 firearms were stolen from California
<br />dealers in 2019.9 This number more than doubled in 2020, as 229 firearms were stolen
<br />from California dealers in 2020;10 and
<br />WHEREAS, federal and California laws require firearms dealers to report the loss
<br />or theft of any firearm within 48 hours of discovery to the local law enforcement agency
<br />where the dealer’s business premises are located but do not otherwise require dealers to
<br />provide inventory reports to local law enforcement agencies; and
<br />WHEREAS, a 2009 study, Homicide and Geographic Access to Gun Dealers in
<br />the United States, found that gun homicide rates in major cities were higher in areas
<br />where firearm dealers were more prevalent.11 The authors analyzed ATF data showing
<br />that guns “are often found to have been used for criminal purposes not far from the gun
<br />dealer where they were first obtained”;12 and
<br />WHEREAS, in 2020 and 2021, there were numerous reports of robberies or
<br />attempted robberies of firearms dealers in California. A sampling of incidents includes:
<br />• Attempted smash-and-grab at Marin County Arms in Novato, CA. One rifle stolen.
<br />March, 2021.13
<br />• 29 firearms stolen from Richardson Tactical in Hayward, CA. June, 2020.14
<br />• 70 firearms, including 13 pistols stolen from Guns, Fishing and Other Stuff in
<br />Vacaville, CA. June, 2020.15
<br />• Nine “long guns” were stolen from Alex Imports Gun Shop in La Mesa, CA. June,
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<br />htps://www.a�.gov/firearms/docs/undefined/federalfirearmslicenseefflthe�lossreportjan2020-
<br />dec2020508pdf/download, (last visited April 24, 2023).
<br />9 U.S. Dep’t of Jus�ce, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL)
<br />The�/Loss Report (Jan. 2, 2020) at htps://www.a�.gov/file/142186/download, (last visited April 24, 2023).
<br />10 U.S. Dep’t of Jus�ce, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL)
<br />The�/Loss Report (Jan., 2021),
<br />htps://www.a�.gov/firearms/docs/undefined/federalfirearmslicenseefflthe�lossreportjan2020-
<br />dec2020508pdf/download, (last visited April 24, 2023).
<br />11 Douglas J. Wiebe et al., Homicide and Geographic Access to Gun Dealers in the United States, BMC Public
<br />Health 2009, 9:199, at 2, 6, available at htp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/9/199, (last visited April 24,
<br />2023).
<br />12 Id. at 2 (observing that it is “helpful to adopt an urban planning perspec�ve when considering the possibility that
<br />[federally-licensed firearms dealers] could be impac�ng local homicide rates”).
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<br />13 Car Driven Into Novato Gun Store in Attempted Robbery, KPIX-CBS, Mar. 4, 2021,
<br />htps://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/03/04/car-driven-into-novato-gun-store-in-apparent-robbery-atempt/,
<br />(last visited April 24, 2023).
<br />14 Jake Sheridan, Amid Bay Area looting, Hayward gun store is robbed of 29 firearms, LA Times, Jun. 4, 2020,
<br />htps://www.la�mes.com/california/story/2020-06-04/amid-bay-area-loo�ng-hayward-gun-store-robbed-of-29-
<br />firearms, (last visited April 9, 2023).
<br />15 Rick Hurd, Feds Indict Five Bay Area Residents with Stealing 70 Guns from North Bay Gun Store, East Bay
<br />Times, Jun. 26, 2020, htps://www.eastbay�mes.com/2020/06/26/feds-indict-five-with-stealing-70-guns-from-bay-
<br />area-gun-store/, (last visited April 24, 2023).
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