CHIEF SUPPORTS BAN ON AMMO SALES; COMMISSION DOUBTS PROPOSAL'S LEGALITY.Byline: Phillip W. Browne Staff Writer 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. Police Chief Bernard C. Parks Bernard Parks (born December 7, 1943 in Beaumont, Texas) is a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 8th District in South Los Angeles and former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. Parks attended Los Angeles City College, received his B.S. said Tuesday he supports a proposed citywide ban on ammunition sales, but Police Commission members voiced doubt that such a ban would be legal. The commission delayed voting on the proposal, which the City Council's Public Safety Committee is expected to consider next week. Parks told the commission such a ban would help battle gun violence. ``We are going to support this,'' he said. ``It is consistent with the city's policy of no tolerance against firearms This is an extensive list of small arms — pistol, machine gun, grenade launcher, anti-tank rifle — that includes variants. : Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A
The proposal reflects Los Angeles' efforts to curb gun violence by tightening restrictions on firearms dealers. The city already has an ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been restricting the sale of more than 10 guns per month to one person. The only large city in the nation with such a ban is Chicago, which excludes law enforcement officers, hunters and gun collectors, Chicago police officials said. Los Angeles' ordinance would prohibit anyone within city limits from buying, selling, giving or transferring ownership of ammunition or ammunition parts. It would allow gun owners to order ammunition through the mail, buy outside city limits and make their own. The commission recommended that the City Council consider exceptions to the ban for firing ranges and honorably retired police officers. But commissioners expressed reservations about the ordinance because it may conflict with state law. ``I don't believe this is going to survive,'' Commissioner Raquelle de la Rocha said. In 1994, Pasadena approved an ordinance banning the sale of ammunition between .22 and .45 caliber. The law was repealed when then-Attorney General Dan Lungren Daniel Edward (Dan) Lungren (born September 22, 1946), is a Republican of the United States House of Representatives representing California's 3rd congressional district (see map), located in the suburbs of Sacramento where he has served since 2005. told officials that the city law was illegal under state law, Pasadena City Attorney spokeswoman Carolyn Williams said. Los Angeles Assistant City Attorney Hank Morris said Lungren's ruling does not mean Los Angeles' law would be illegal. Attorney General Bill Lockyer's spokesman Nathan Barankin said Los Angeles' proposed ordinance would have to be reviewed independently. Commissioner Bert Boeckmann called the proposed ban ``ridiculous.'' ``It would seem to me that if the majority of our citizens have the right to bear arms The right to bear arms refers to the right that individuals have to weapons. This right is often presented in the context of military service and the broader right of self defense. . . . they then have the right to buy ammunition,'' Boeckmann said. ``I will vote against this.'' Paul Cole Paul Cole (born September 11, 1941) is a British racehorse trainer. Since 1987 he has been based at Whatcombe Estate in Oxfordshire, the former stables of Dick Dawson and Arthur Budgett. , president of the Target Range in Van Nuys, told the commission that such a ban would not stop the sale of bullets in Los Angeles but would hurt his business, 20 percent of which is ammo sales. ``This is an extremely drastic move,'' he said. ``However, it's not going to stop anything.'' Joe Ellithorpe, owner of Pony Express pony express, in U.S. history, relay mail service. At its inception in Apr., 1860, the pony express operated between St. Joseph, Mo., the western end of a telegraph line, and Sacramento, Calif. Guns in North Hills, said the proposed ban is politically motivated but misguided mis·guid·ed adj. Based or acting on error; misled: well-intentioned but misguided efforts; misguided do-gooders. mis·guid . ``This is only being done to serve someone's ego so they can show they are trying to do something,'' Ellithorpe said. |
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