SAN JOSE, Calif. — California officials announced in a news release that they had seized guns from people who had become legally prohibited from owning weapons they had once purchased legally.
The seizures came from people convicted of crimes, those who may have been hospitalized because of mental illness or threatened suicide, or those who were the subject of restraining orders. Officials identified 23,869 people on its list, they said, and seized 1,437 firearms.
In a state of nearly 40 million people, with approximately 3.35 million registered gun owners and 20 million legally owned guns, how significant is that number?
