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SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The county Board of Supervisors Tuesday voted 3-2 to support state and federal legislation that furthers gun safety reforms, including stronger background checks for firearm purchases. The decision amends the county’s Legislative Program, letting it support proposals such as U.S. House Resolution 8, which recently passed the lower house of Congress. That bill, which has moved on to the U.S. Senate, would firm up the existing Brady Handgun Violence Protection Act by closing a private sales loophole. Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer proposed the amendment change. “We are joining with concerned Americans across the nation to call for universal background checks and investments in communities impacted by gun violence, common-sense measures that will help our neighborhoods and keep guns out of the wrong hands,” she said after the board’s vote.

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