On June 3, the Assembly passed Assembly Bill 962 by a 42-31 vote. AB962 now heads to the Senate where it has been assigned to the Senate Public Safety Committee. Also on June 3, Senate Bill 585 passed the Senate by a vote of 21-18. It now moves to the Assembly where it will be considered by the Assembly Public Safety Committee. No hearing dates have been scheduled for either bill.
Sponsored by Assembly Member Kevin De Leon (D-45), AB962 would make it a crime 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 purchasers submit to fingerprinting, which would be submitted to the Department of Justice. Lastly, mail order ammunition sales would be prohibited.
SB585, introduced by State Senator Mark Leno (D-3), would prohibit the sale of firearms and ammunition on the property or inside the buildings that comprise the Cow Palace. In short, SB585 is a stepping-stone to banning gun shows on all publicly-owned property in California.
Good luck enforcing the private transfer laws. That will be easily ignored.
Requiring dealers to hide ammunition from the public unless they ask for it, and then requiring purchasers to submit to fingerprinting will just drive people to purchase their stuff out-of-state, thus depriving the state of even more fees and taxes. I don't think there's a place in California that isn't a 4-hour drive or less from another state, and people serious about this stuff won't hesitate to make the trip.
And none of this will curb one bit of gun violence. The bad guys will still get all the guns and ammo they want.
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