The state attorney general says agents and officers contacted more than 25,000 people in 2023 during efforts to seize guns from people who were prohibited from possessing them.in efforts to remove firearms from people who bought them legally but later became ineligible to possess them when they were convicted of crimes or when they became the subjects of domestic violence or other court orders.
"The goal is simple here: Keep the number of illegally armed individuals as low as possible, and by removing guns from the hands of people who shouldn't have them, we keep the number low," Bonta said at a news conference Monday.Sign up for NBC LA newsletters. The database also includes names of people who've been involuntarily committed for mental health treatment and the names of those on domestic violence restraining orders and gun violence restraining orders.