California eyes first-in-nation firearms restraint

Published August 3, 2014 4:23pm ET



SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could become the first state to allow family members, licensed therapists and health care providers to petition a judge to take firearms from someone who has shown signs that they could harm others or themselves.

California’s bill, AB1014, was prompted by an attack in May that left six people, including the student attacker, dead in Isla Vista, near the University of California, Santa Barbara. It will be heard Monday in a Senate committee as state lawmakers return from a monthlong summer recess.

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