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L.A. Considers Ending Sale Of Bullets
Ammunition Ban Would Exempt Police Officers
LOS ANGELES, Updated 11:47 p.m. PST November 15, 1999 -- If you can't
outlaw guns, outlaw the bullets.
That's the thinking behind a proposed measure that would ban the sale of
ammunition within Los Angeles city limits.
On Monday, the city council took the first step toward the ban, forwarding
the idea to the police commission for a response after they listened to
testimony from victims of gun violence.
"We, and thousands of other kids living in Los Angeles, are afraid of being
shot. Last year in our city, over 150 kids were shot," 12-year-old Theo
Milonopoulas told councilmembers.
"It's a step and a start in a direction toward safety and security for us,"
Ruett Foster said. Foster lost his son Evan to a stray bullet in a gang
shooting.
Councilman Mike Hernandez, who sponsored the measure, says he is aware that
if patrons don't buy the ammunition from a store in L.A., they can simply
go to any other store in L.A. County. But, he says, he hopes L.A. paves the
way for other cities.
"We assume that one city takes a position, other city tends to follow,"
Hernandez told CBS 2 News.
But the measure already has many critics.
"It's typical that Mike Hernandez, with the big drug problem, has proposed
to save the world from everything else," Bob Khan, owner of B & B Gun
Sales, told the television station.
Khan says the council needs to focus on laws which do work. He says people
can easily buy bullets through the mail and that this proposal is a "total
lie." Khan said ammunition isn't the problem.
"The first thing is to coordinate with the federal government to put felons
caught with a firearm in jail for five years. And the state and the city
have never gotten together to prosecute one of these people for false
registration," he said.
Khan as well as a number of other dealers will take the city to court if
the measure moves forward. The council told CBS that they are expecting
that and want to fight it all the way.
Police officers, retired police officers, and shooting ranges will be
allowed to buy bullets and are exempt from the proposed ban.
There are only a few cities that ban ammunition sale. Chicago is one of the
larger cities that does.
Copyright 1999 by Channel 2000.
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