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used handguns out of circulation. Livermore has already taken control of the kitchen dealers. Mandatory trigger locks passed without a problem. Livermore voters expressed their concern for keeping Livermore a safe community by passing the ban of commercial sale of junk guns. She supported the ban on the sale of junk guns; mandatory trigger locks on all firearms sold; the ordinance that would ban the home gun dealers. She said this may not solve all the problems related to crime, but some control should be taken. The communities cannot afford to sit back and do nothing. She asked Council to join with the other thirty plus cities and counties in voting to pass this ordinance. She did not expect Council to understand the logistics of guns. She commented that is why there are experts for Council to confer with. Duane Dan', 5354 Avenida Almendros, San Jose, as a paid advocate for an anti-gun organization spoke at great length about controlling the way Council would vote by controlling the information it received. Stu Fleck, 4763 Nicol Common, #106, Livermore, said the statistics show 38,000 persons per year are killed by gunfire. He believed Council should know that whenever someone is against something, everyone comes out. He said as a citizen, people do have a right to vote. Livermore asked for the vote and won. He felt this did not need to go to vote. Kimberly Rowland, 3650 Locke Court, said she was here to support the proposed ordinance. She thanked the people for coming out on a Saturday. She obtained 500 plus signatures in support of this ordinance. She said 90% still strongly urge passage of this ordinance. She mentioned a few other supporters being the California Police Chiefs Association, Alameda County Sheriff Plummer, 30 plus cities, four counties, the Tri-Valley Herald, the Independent, the San Francisco Chronicle and the voters of Livermore. She believed Pleasanton has a regional and local responsibility to adopt this ordinance. The California Police Chiefs Association has a position paper confronting the American tragedy, the need to better regulate the sale of firearms. This ordinance is not advocating a ban on the private ownership of firearms, it is not talking about banning all guns. It is fostering responsible firearm ownership. Gun control is out of control in the State of California. Six hundred thousand guns are sold a year out of Southern California. This ordinance reduces access to the sale of firearms. Manufacturing guns below standards should not be allowed. She felt the people who were worried about the guns being taken away, would not chose junk guns. She said if access is reduced to these guns; product safety is enforced Coy trigger locks); zoning is enforced; then this would be a responsible step taken to ensure firearm safety. Pleasanton does not have commercial dealers presently and with this in place, future preventative measures would be in place. One life spared through this legislation is worth the effort. Ron Remick, 7406 Hillsdale Drive, said he was against this ban. He thought it was ironic that the meeting was being held in the Senior Citizen Center. Senior citizens are usually on a fixed income and could not afford expensive firearms. He wanted to know who created the description for junk guns. He did not believe there were any junk guns being sold. He said senior citizen's have the right to protect themselves. They can only afford inexpensive guns. Pleasanton City Council 07/12/97 Minutes 6