Our very own Craig DeLuz discusses California's APPS program.
“The biggest challenge you have is a huge number of people who are not supposed to be in APPS. There is no guarantee that when your time is up, your name is going to be removed. A big part is simply keeping up with the system, and doing basic administration that could really make a difference.” - Craig DeLuz
Via the Ventura Star:
It’s difficult to keep guns away from ex-cons and the mentally disturbed, but a one-of-a-kind California program is designed to do just that. And in light of the Texas church shooting that left 26 dead, some are debating whether a program like it could have thwarted Devin Kelley’s murderous rampage.
The Armed and Prohibited Persons System (APPS) program, proposed in 1999 and updated in 2006, makes California the first and only state in the country to establish an automated system for tracking firearm owners and to provide the legal authority to proactively disarm convicted criminals, people with certain mental illnesses, and others deemed dangerous.
“The biggest challenge you have is a huge number of people who are not supposed to be in APPS,” said Craig DeLuz, spokesman for the Firearms Policy Coalition and the Calguns Foundation.
DeLuz and fellow advocates say a big problem with the system is that there’s no quick way to remove someone’s name from the system once their court-ordered weapon restriction ends.
“There is no guarantee that when your time is up, your name is going to be removed,” DeLuz said. “A big part is simply keeping up with the system, and doing basic administration that could really make a difference.”
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