Excerpts from the article: “Every year, 30,000 Americans die from gunshot wounds. ‘In all of the Vietnam war, 58,000 Americans were killed. We have a war in this country. More people die here than in Iraq and Afghanistan,’ Wellen said in an interview after the Las Vegas massacre.”
“Following the Isla Vista shooting in 2014, CAGV was a proponent of the new legislation allowing family members to inform law enforcement and have temporary restraining orders on firearms enforced upon mentally distressed relatives.”
“Wellen was instrumental in creating a gun buyback program run by the Santa Barbara Police Department every year at Earl Warren Showgrounds. Through grants and fundraisers, CAGV has been able to pay $100 for handguns and $200 for rifles and remove thousands of firearms from local circulation.”
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