“If you actively do nothing people continually end up dead so it’s time to start doing something.”
Emma Gonzalez, Parkland Student

Gun Safety

WAVE’s Gun Safety Working Action Group continues to work towards a better and safer Orange County by supporting efforts to reduce gun violence in Orange County and beyond. We foster relationships with local elected officials, advocate for gun safety legislation, and offer WAVE members opportunities to take actions to support such legislation. We partner and coordinate with local and state-wide gun safety organizations to enhance the impact of the movement. We also initiate non-legislative public safety initiatives by working with community leaders such as school leadership and the medical community to reduce gun injury and deaths locally.

What We Accomplished In the 2023 CA Legislative Session For Gun Safety

By the numbers:

  • We tracked 53 gun safety bills and our members actively participated in 12 of those bills
  • 26 bills Governor Signed (all 12 bills we focused on were signed)
  • 10 bills dead/failed
  • 10 bills became 2 year bills
  • 2 bills were vetoed
  • 5 bills held in committees

Here are descriptions of some key bills that passed.

  • AB28 GV prevention tax on firearms and ammunition

  • AB725 Include finished frames and receivers, precursor parts as firearms required to be reported if lost or stolen
  • AB818 Requires collection of guns/deadly weapons when serving restraining orders
  • AB1089 Restrict sale/use/possession of 3D printers and CNC milling machines that have primary purpose of manufacturing firearms
  • AB1483 Include private sales in limit of one firearm purchase within 30 days
  • AB1587 Financial transactions merchant category code for firearms
  • SB2 Bruen (public carry) response
  • SB241 Mandate gun dealer training