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LA's new rule to handgun owners: lock em'up
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Oct 28, 2015
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LA's new rule to handgun owners: lock em'up
Handgun owners are now required to store their weapons in a locked container or disable them with a trigger lock unless they are close by.
A Glock 19 9mm handgun.
A Glock 19 9mm handgun.
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Handgun owners are now required to store their weapons in a locked container or disable them with a trigger lock unless they are close by.

The LA City Council voted unanimously to pass a new law requiring hand gun owners to store their weapons in a locked container or disable them with a trigger lock unless they are close by.

Take Two's Alex Cohen talks to Councilman Paul Krekorian, the law's author, about the new rule.