To: Governor Gavin Newsom
Californians - Tell Gov. Brown to Sign SB 707 and Keep Guns off Campus
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As a Californian, I urge you to sign SB 707 and help maintain our safe K-12 and college campuses by specifically curtailing where loaded, concealed handguns can be carried. A broad list of organizations representing law enforcement, school officials, public health professionals and violence prevention advocates all support this legislation as a way to help reduce risk and increase safety.
Why is this important?
The Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus and the California Chapters of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence are partnering to ask Governor Brown to Sign SB 707 and stand up for safe K-12 schools and college campuses by limiting who can carry loaded, hidden guns in these places. Governor Brown has until October 11, 2015 to sign SB 707 and he needs to hear from his constituents right away.
Currently, 39 states and Washington, DC prohibit people with concealed carry weapons permits (CCW) from possessing loaded, concealed handguns within K-12 school zones and 18 states (and DC) specifically prohibit concealed weapons on campus, while 24 allow colleges to determine concealed weapons' policy and 8 states allow guns on campus in some form. California is not one of these states but recently, the California legislature passed SB 707, legislation that would change current law so that CCW licensees could NOT carry loaded, hidden guns on school grounds or on a college campus. Certain exemptions to carry in school zones are made for law enforcement and military personnel.
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Below is a list of organizations supporting passage of SB 707
California College and University Police Chiefs Association
Association of California School Administrators
Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence (California Chapters)
California Correctional Supervisors Organization
California Narcotics Officers
California Police Chiefs Association
California School Boards Association
California School Employees Association
California State University
Campaign to Keep Guns off Campus
Coalition Against Gun Violence, Santa Barbara County
County of Santa Barbara
Courage Campaign
Davis College Democrats
Davis Joint Unified School District
Fraternal Order of Police, California State Lodge
Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
Long Beach Police Officers Association
Los Angeles Police Protective League
Los Angeles County Probation Officers Union
Los Angeles County Professional Peace Officers Association
Los Angeles Unified School District
Peace Officers Research Association
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Retired and Disabled Police of America
Riverside Sheriffs' Association
Sacramento County Deputy Sheriffs' Association
Santa Ana Police Officers Association
University of California, Office of the President
Violence Prevention Coalition
Women Against Gun Violence
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