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01/13/2020 ORDINANCE NO. 2475 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY ADDING CHAPTER 37A (SAFE STORAGE OF FIREARMS IN A RESIDENCE) TO THE REDWOOD CITY CODE WHEREAS, on April 8, 2019, the City Council for the City of Redwood City ("City") directed staff to return at a future meeting with a proposed ordinance adopting new rules for firearm storage aimed at reducing gun injuries and making the City safer; and WHEREAS, the City recognizes that firearm injuries have a significant public health impact and more local community action is needed to prevent gun violence. In San Mateo County, there are been over 301 gun -related deaths over the past ten years. According to data collected in 2018 by the Citizens for a San Mateo County Gun Buy Back from participants at two separate gun buy back events, a majority of respondents reported "hiding [the gun] in a discrete location" and/or "keeping it unloaded" as a safety measure, even though these methods are not generally considered safe storage; and WHEREAS, having a loaded or unlocked gun in the home is associated with an increased risk of gun -related injury and death. Guns kept in the home are more likely to be involved in an unintentional shooting, criminal assault, or used in suicides and against family and friends rather than in self-defense. According to a 2008 report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, living in a home where guns are kept increased an individual's risk of death by homicide by between 40% and 170°/x. Similarly, a 2004 national study determined that the presence of guns in the home increased an individual's risk of death by homicide by 90%; and WHEREAS, children are particularly at risk of injury and death from firearms when firearms are not safely secured in their own homes or in homes, they visit. According to national data, children and young adults (24 years of age and under) constitute 38% of all firearm deaths and non-fatal injuries. More than 75% of guns used in suicide attempts and unintentional injuries of children and young adults (0-19 years of age) were stored in the residence of the victim, a relative, or a friend. Eighty-nine percent of accidental shooting deaths among children occur in the home, and most of these deaths occur when children are playing with an unsecured loaded gun in their parents' absence; and WHEREAS, applying trigger locks or using lock boxes when storing firearms in the home reduces the risk of firearm injury and death. Keeping a firearm locked when it is not being carried ensures that it cannot be accessed and used by others without the owner's knowledge or permission. This simple measure significantly decreases the risk that the gun will be used to commit suicide, homicide, or inflict injury, whether intentionally or ATTY/ORD.509/CC ORDINANCE SAFE STORAGE OF FIREARMS ORDINANCE NO. 2475 REV: 01-02-20 PR MUFF NO. 305 Page 1 of 4