BILL CALLS FOR WEAPON BUYBACKS.Byline: - Dana Bartholomew A west San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. lawmaker will announce today the latest proposal to curb gun violence across the state: a plan to buy back assault weapons. Though such military-style weapons can no longer be sold in California, thousands remain legally in private hands, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Paul Koretz Paul Koretz (D-Los Angeles) announced his plans on August 2, 2007[1] to seek the Los Angeles 5th District City Council seat now occupied by Jack Weiss in 2009. Weiss is expected to run for Los Angels City Attorney against the current City Attorney, Rock Delgadio. , D-Los Angeles. ``Both California and the nation have been the site of numerous mass murders committed using these weapons,'' Koretz said in a statement. ``We have the potential to save lives with every one of these weapons we can take off our streets.'' Koretz introduced his bill, AB 566, last week and will formally announce it today at Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Sheriff Lee Baca's office in Monterey Park Monterey Park, city (1990 pop. 60,738), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a growing residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1916. It is a wholesale, retail, and financial services center. . The bill would pay $100 for each assault gun given up to police or sheriff's departments. The one-year buyback plan, supported by Attorney General Bill Lockyer and various police unions, was also endorsed by Baca. ``These military-style assault weapons are often the guns of choice for gangbangers and drug dealers we encounter every day,'' Baca said in a statement. |
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