STUDY: STATE'S 'RED FLAG' GUN LAW MAY STEM MASS SHOOTING RISK

The law was authored by then state Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, following the Isla Vista shooting rampage in 2014, in which a 22-year-old gunman killed six people and injured 14 others near the UC Santa Barbara campus, before turning the gun on himself.

"The UC Davis study shows the importance of having a tool to get guns out of the hands of dangerous people before it's too late," State Sen. Skinner said. "It's imperative that here and across the country we do whatever we can to prevent more mass killings."

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