Board Chair Nora Vargas and Vice Chair Terra Lawson-Remer, who authored the resolution in support of Newsom's 'Right to Safety' amendment proposal, voted yes. Their colleagues Joel Anderson and Jim Desmond voted no.
A resolution to support Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed gun-control amendment to the U.S. Constitution was defeated by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, with members evenly divided 2-2.
Before the supervisors' vote Tuesday, Lawson-Remer said San Diego families feel the effects of gun violence"every single time there's a tragedy." In late July, the board failed to advance recommendations from a study on gun violence, with supervisors again deadlocking on a 2-2 vote, again with Anderson and Desmond opposed.The study, prepared by Health Assessment and Research for Communities, offered statistics, public input, key findings and methods aimed at reducing gun violence, including safe gun storage.
Desmond said he didn't want to diminish gun-related violence, including school shootings, but mentioned 70% of the county's gun-related deaths were suicides. Michael Schwartz, executive director of San Diego County Gun Owners, said the idea that a 28th Amendment would strengthen the Second Amendment is"totally false and untrue" and would take rights away.
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