New Bill To Require Parents To Report Gun Ownership To Schools

By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles:

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Parents may soon be required to disclose their firearm ownership to their children’s school as part of a newly proposed bill aimed at protecting against acts of violence in schools.

“What the bill says is, when you register your kid for school, you have to notify the school that there’s a gun in your house and whether it’s adequately safely stored and whether your child has access to the gun, said La Cañada Flintridge State Senator Anthony Portantino, the author of the bill.

The proposed bill will require parents to inform their children’s schools about any firearms in the home and mandate searches of backpacks and lockers once a threat of violence against a school is deemed credible.

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