Peninsula City Enacts Temporary Gun Shop Ban: Report

REDWOOD CITY, CA — A Peninsula city has issued a temporary gun shop ban after receiving two applications, including a proposal for one near an elementary school, KRON reports.

The Redwood City City Council on Monday unanimously backed an ordinance that calls for a 45-day ban until city staff can study the implications of getting into the firearms business.

The temporary can be extended up to two years.

Redwood City does not currently have a gun shop.

A petition in support of the ban has garnered over a thousand signatures.

One of the proposed gun shop locations is at Roosevelt Plaza, which is near Roosevelt Elementary School.

Katie Gaets, a parent who serves as Pastor of Woodside Road United Methodist Church in Redwood City, was among those who spoke in support of the ordinance at Monday’s council meeting.
"Just today a teenager was convicted of killing four people in a school shooting and two more people died in a school shooting in St. Louis,” Gaets said.

“One of the ways we can take a clear and definitive stance of no against such violence, is by taking a clear and definitive step away from firearms dealers in our local community."

Dumpling Defense, one of the applicants, issued a statement obtained by the television station blasting the ordinance.

"It's even more frustrating to have the rug pulled from under us mid-application, not to mention all the revenue and opportunities lost from the business perspective," the company said.