we have discovered that we purchased firearms made by colt manufacturing and sig sauer for our law enforcement agents through a variety of distributes, all state police equipment, and adams unlimited. throughout the time we have done this research, we have realized that it's actually quite difficult to find how the city and county of san francisco procures its arms, with who we do them for, and we also learn it had none of these contracts come before any oversight body, including the board of supervisors, and the fact that we purchase guns not that differently from how we purchase post-it notes. the unfortunate reality is as we purchase the very arms that are causing harm and danger on our streets, the reality is that we as a nation are facing an unprecedented epidemic of gun violence, shootings that claim tens of thousands of lives every year, and so our office is joining local, state and other governmental bodies in the united states from colorado, connecticut, florida, maryland, massachusetts, nevada, new jersey, north carolina, ohio, new york new york, pennsylvania, virginia, washington, a