ICYMI: CBS: California task force takes illegal guns off the street

California is the only state with a database that cross references gun owners with people who have criminal convictions, restraining orders or serious mental health issues. A special task force is charged with taking firearms away from people who are not allowed to have them.

Special agent Sam Richardson and his team from the California Department of Justice track down people who are prohibited from having firearms. Their goal: To take them away.

"You're going to people's homes who are known to have guns, and a criminal conviction in some cases?" asked CBS News correspondent Carter Evans.

"Right," replied Richardson. "It's zero to 100 in a second."

The agents entered the house of a convicted felon who is on probation and has a domestic violence restraining order. For those reasons, he's not legally allowed to have access to guns.

Agents searched his home and came out with two rifles, found in a closet.

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In California, when someone has a criminal conviction or is deemed mentally incompetent, that person's name is flagged in the Armed and Prohibited Persons System (or APPS).

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