Santa Clara County board mulls firearm ban on people with domestic violence restraining orders

Santa Clara County supervisors are considered creating a specialized unit to enforce firearm bans on individuals with domestic violence restraining orders.

Supervisor Cindy Chavez, who requested a study for the proposal in June, heard about the issue from San Jose resident Scott Largent, who said at the supervisors meeting on Oct. 30 that he was able to keep his guns when he was the subject of a restraining order from his ex-wife.