Overview

• New laws allow courts to consider stalking and animal cruelty as grounds for gun violence restraining orders.
• Individuals found mentally incompetent in misdemeanor cases will now be prohibited from possessing firearms.
• Law enforcement agencies must ensure contracted vendors do not sell guns meant to be destroyed, addressing the issue of ghost guns.
• Fewer exceptions will be made for police officers to carry guns if they have committed domestic violence, and offenders' firearms must be confiscated.
• Active-shooter drills in California public schools will no longer include fake gunfire or blood to reduce trauma among students.