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The following are a list of questions not addressed by the City Attorney's Office <br />memorandum: <br />How have other cities benefited from banning "Saturday Night Specials?" <br />Although a number of cities have passed ordinances, non have gone into effect at this time. For <br />this reason, it is impossible to establish any statistical evidence that banning "Saturday Night <br />Specials" have impacted gun related incidents. <br />Where are "Saturday Night Specials" (AKA junk guns) coming from and how can they <br />(the guns) be traced? <br />Most "Saturday Night Specials" or junk guns are manufactured in the greater Los Angeles <br />County area. Foreign importation is prohibited by Federal Law. Tracing a gun is accomplished in <br />a variety of ways: <br />1. The State Department of Justice maintains a dealer record of sales (DROS) database that <br />reflects all lawful gun sales in California. <br />2. The State's Automated Firearm's Systems (AFS), part of the California Law Enforcement <br />Teletype System (CLETS) database, contains all of the stolen or missing firearms. <br />3. The Automated Property System, another State database, is searched for items found in <br />pawn shops, second hand stores and flea markets. <br />4. The Federal agency, the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco (BATF) has tracing <br />capabilities and a firearms laboratory. <br />The actual tracing is done with the serial number and brand of the firearm. In addition, the Police <br />Department has the ability to query by the gun owner/possessor's name. <br />CONCLUSION <br />The proposed gun legislation ordinances have been developed by the City Attorney's Office and <br />are attached for your consideration. <br />,� 96 <br />