March 19, 2008
If you can't ban guns, go after the ammo
It's ironic that in a week where we saw both sides argue in the U.S. Supreme Court that the Second Amendment is an individual right -- acknowledging that Americans have a fundamental right to possess firearms (even if the type is subject to dispute) -- California edges ever closer to implementing a back-door ban.
Assembly Bill 2062 is the subject of an e-mail alert I received today from the NRA.
Next Wednesday, March 25, the [California] Assembly Public Safety Committee will consider legislation that would require gun owners to obtain a “permit-to-purchase” before buying handgun ammunition.
Introduced by State Assembly Member Kevin De Leon (D-45), Assembly Bill 2062 puts ammunition sales in the crosshairs. AB2062 would require that law-abiding gun owners obtain a permit to buy handgun ammunition and would impose severe restrictions on the private transfers of handgun ammunition. Applicants for a “permit-to-purchase” would be required to submit to a background check, pay a $35 fee, and wait as long as 30 days to receive the permit.
Under AB2062, it would be unlawful to privately transfer more than 50 rounds of ammunition per month, even between family and friends, unless you are registered as a “handgun ammunition vendor” in the Department of Justice’s database. Ammunition retailers would have to be licensed and store ammunition in such a manner that it would be inaccessible to purchasers.
The bill would also require vendors to keep a record of the transaction including the ammunition buyer’s name, driver’s license, the quantity, caliber and type of ammunition purchased, and right thumbprint, which would be submitted to the Department of Justice or the number of his handgun ammunition purchase permit.
Vendors would be required to contact the purchase permit database, to verify the validity of a permit before completing a sale. All ammunition sales in the State of California would be subject to a $3 per transaction tax. Lastly, mail order ammunition sales would be prohibited.
The California legislature is imposing useless design requirements on firearms manufacturers, too, making it more expensive and burdensome to offer their weapons for sale in the state.
This new bill helps the GFWs* -- who realize they can't possible eliminate the millions of guns already in California -- in their efforts to render the guns useless.
They'll say with a concerned look, "How can anyone say we're banning guns? We're just trying to make California safer for the children."
Trust me, this isn't the last proposal we'll see reducing access to ammo.
Follow the link to find information on contacting your feckless crapweasel representative to register your displeasure.
* Gun Fearing Wussies.
Posted by Mike Lief at March 19, 2008 10:00 PM
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Comments
Yes, it's all about the children when it comes to usurping our rights. But they don't give a rats ass about the children when they're getting pregnant out of wedlock, or letting them kill each other.
Posted by: sonarman at March 22, 2008 11:07 PM