(1) According to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control’s Web-Based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System Injury Mortality Reports, in 2010, guns took the lives of 31,076 Americans in homicides, suicides, and unintentional shootings, which is the equivalent of more than 85 deaths each day and more than three deaths each hour.

(2) According to the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation 2012 Uniform Crime Reports, of the 1,879 murders that took place in California in 2012, 1,304 were caused by firearms.

(3) The city council finds that the measures provided in this chapter provide some relief from the violence and harm caused by and resulting from both the intentional and accidental misuse of guns and the purpose of such measures is to promote the health, safety, and welfare of all its residents.

(4) The provisions of this chapter are not intended to contradict or duplicate any applicable state or federal law. (Ord. 637 § 2, 2014).