LOS ANGELES : Council OKs Restrictions on Opening Gun Shops
An ordinance that places new restrictions on the construction of gun stores won final approval from the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday.
By a 12-1 vote, the council approved a law that requires public hearings before permits are issued for new gun shops. Officials will be able to consider the concentration of such stores in a neighborhood and to deny permits or impose limits, for example, on store hours or the sales of single bullets.
Councilman Hal Bernson cast the lone no vote, calling the law a “gross overreaction” that would impede law-abiding citizens who want to own guns.
The ordinance was proposed in 1989 and revived after the riots last spring, when some gun stores were looted.
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