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California Bill Would Require Securing Guns In Vehicles

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The California Senate is approving legislation that requires everyone, including law enforcement officers, to secure guns they leave in a vehicle.

The bill sent to Gov. Jerry Brown follows several high-profile thefts from the vehicles of law enforcement officers in the San Francisco Bay Area.

SB869 by Democratic Sen. Jerry Hill of San Mateo was approved in a 26-12 vote. It would require that handguns left in unattended vehicles be locked in the trunk or in a locked container out of view.

Violating the law would be an infraction punishable by a fine of up to $1,000.

The measure was supported by gun-control groups and the California Association of Highway Patrolmen, which says stolen guns can be used in crimes.

Nobody spoke against it in the Senate Wednesday.

Copyright 2016 The Associated Press.

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