Ammunition Registration Bill Fails in California Assembly
Sportsmen, gun owners, and retailers in California scored a major victory on August 30, 2014 as the California Assembly failed to muster the votes needed to pass SB 53, a bill that would require the registration of all persons purchasing ammunition. (The Assembly vote was 35 Yes, 35 No, and 9 abstain — insufficent to pass the bill.)
The proposed law would have required firearms retailers to pass buyer ID information to state authorities for all ammunition purchases made in the state. The bill’s author, Sen. Kevin de Leon (D), California’s next State Senate president, originally proposed that those buying ammunition be required to obtain a state permit and undergo a background check before each ammunition purchase. The bill was amended numerous times in an attempt to force passage and the final version that failed would have required ammunition sellers to provide information on purchasers to the state Department of Justice (DOJ) after the fact, including buyer name, address and date of birth, in addition to the date of the sale, brand, ammunition type and quantity.
WAY too close to call it a victory – especially with a tie and 9 (nine) abstains. This is an election year, fellow Californians. Make your vote count – and PASS THE WORD!
Anyone elected official that abstains from a vote should be thrown out of office.
Whew! That was way too close for comfort. Nevertheless, I am pleased. This state is not to be believed. I know that partitioning the state is impractical, but one can dream. What would be a good name for a new state populated by a large majority of liberal urban mutants…Libafornia? Oh wait, there is an old one that could be recycled. I seem to remember that there was this biblical story about someone’s wife being turned into a pillar of salt. It’s right on the tip of my tongue.
Just how would this law have curbed crime??? Lots of money spent with ZERO benefit. Again … libs want to punish the public for acts of criminals.
Wake up America. The dems/libs are NOT your friends.