Post by timdp on Feb 10, 2013 10:46:26 GMT -8
This year will pretty much be the endgame for gun rights in California. Its not just guns, its everything... Reenacting firearms would be limited to some pistols, K98s, M1903 rifles and maybe Garands. We don't have full text for a number of bills so the final list of possible reenacting weapons is not exact.
Given the Democratic supermajority in both houses in Sacramento, these bills will sail through the CA legislature. Governor Brown may or may not veto some of them, but his vetoes can probably be overridden buy the legislature. Our last resort will be suits filed in Federal Courts by the NRA, Second Amendment Foundation and the CalGuns Foundation.
If you are not a member of the NRA, NOW is the time to join. The NRA has its issues, but it is our strongest voice at the national level and it does assist at the state level as well.
The Second Amendment Foundation is the driving force behind the Heller and MacDonald decisions that got us Supreme court rulings that the right to keep and bear arms is an individual right (Heller) and that right is incorporated (applies) to all of the states (MacDonald).
www.saf.org/
CalGuns Foundation (often in conjunction with NRA and SAF) is the driving force behind lawsuits challenging California's anti gun laws. Donations to CGF are tax deductible.
www.calgunsfoundation.org/
Reading the 2nd Amendment forum at Calguns.net is probably the best way to say on top of what is going on in CA regarding gun laws.
Here is a summary:
Ammo sales:
Requiring buyers to get a permit, undergo a background check and pay a fee.
No mail order ammo purchasing - think blanks
Large ammo purchase reporting to law enforcement
Special tax on ammo of up to five cents per round
Firearms
Previously registered AWs would be banned
No more bullet buttons to make off list rifles and pistols legal
All firearms required to be locked up when owner not present
Banning the sale of semi-automatic rifles that accept detachable magazines.
Banning possession of magazines that hold more than 10 bullets (felony possession).
Requiring registration of all firearms.
Updating the definition of a shotgun to include a shotgun-rifle combination (detachable magazine fed shotguns banned).
Other
Liability insurance required for gun owners
These are the bad ones:
AB48, Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, requires ammunition sellers to be licensed and ammunition buyers to have and show valid identification, similar to those covering gun sales. Sales of large amounts of ammunition to an individual buyer within a five-day period would have to be reported to local law enforcement agencies. Bans "clip kits" that can convert approved ammunition feeding device into large-capacity magazines, defined as a magazine that can hold more than 10 bullets.
AB174, Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Oakland, removes prior ownership, or "grandfather" clauses, from state laws prohibiting the possession of various weapons. Current law allows ownership of weapons that were possessed prior to the ban under certain conditions.
AB180, Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Oakland, establishes an unspecified tax on ammunition sold in retail stores and gun shows and devotes the additional revenue toward crime prevention efforts in high-crime areas of the state.
AB231, Assemblymen Philip Ting, D-San Francisco, and Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, requires gun owners to buy liability insurance to cover damages or injuries caused by their weapons.
SB47, by Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, prohibits the use of so-called bullet buttons and other devices that allow for swift reloading of military-style assault weapons.
SB53, by Sen. Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, increases restrictions on purchasing ammunition by requiring buyers to get a permit, undergo a background check and pay a fee.
SB108, by Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, requires all guns to be properly stored with a trigger lock or in a lock box when the owner is not present. Current law requires owners to have a trigger lock or safety lock box but doesn't require the safety device to be used.
SB140, by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, and Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, lets the state Department of Justice use reserve funds to reduce a backlog in confiscating weapons from individuals who bought them legally but were later convicted of a crime, treated for mental illness or subjected to domestic violence court orders.
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On Thursday, Senate Democrats proposed 10 measures they say will give California the nation's toughest gun-control regulations. Three of those SB47, SB53 and SB140 were introduced previously and already are in bill form. Other proposals to be introduced this month include:
Banning the sale of semi-automatic rifles that accept detachable magazines.
Banning possession of magazines that hold more than 10 bullets.
Updating the definition of a shotgun to include a shotgun-rifle combination.
Requiring registration of all firearms.
Regulating the loaning of firearms.
Prohibiting felons and the mentally ill from living in residences where weapons are located.
And creating a safety training certificate for handgun owners.
Now is the time folks...
Tim
Given the Democratic supermajority in both houses in Sacramento, these bills will sail through the CA legislature. Governor Brown may or may not veto some of them, but his vetoes can probably be overridden buy the legislature. Our last resort will be suits filed in Federal Courts by the NRA, Second Amendment Foundation and the CalGuns Foundation.
If you are not a member of the NRA, NOW is the time to join. The NRA has its issues, but it is our strongest voice at the national level and it does assist at the state level as well.
The Second Amendment Foundation is the driving force behind the Heller and MacDonald decisions that got us Supreme court rulings that the right to keep and bear arms is an individual right (Heller) and that right is incorporated (applies) to all of the states (MacDonald).
www.saf.org/
CalGuns Foundation (often in conjunction with NRA and SAF) is the driving force behind lawsuits challenging California's anti gun laws. Donations to CGF are tax deductible.
www.calgunsfoundation.org/
Reading the 2nd Amendment forum at Calguns.net is probably the best way to say on top of what is going on in CA regarding gun laws.
Here is a summary:
Ammo sales:
Requiring buyers to get a permit, undergo a background check and pay a fee.
No mail order ammo purchasing - think blanks
Large ammo purchase reporting to law enforcement
Special tax on ammo of up to five cents per round
Firearms
Previously registered AWs would be banned
No more bullet buttons to make off list rifles and pistols legal
All firearms required to be locked up when owner not present
Banning the sale of semi-automatic rifles that accept detachable magazines.
Banning possession of magazines that hold more than 10 bullets (felony possession).
Requiring registration of all firearms.
Updating the definition of a shotgun to include a shotgun-rifle combination (detachable magazine fed shotguns banned).
Other
Liability insurance required for gun owners
These are the bad ones:
AB48, Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, requires ammunition sellers to be licensed and ammunition buyers to have and show valid identification, similar to those covering gun sales. Sales of large amounts of ammunition to an individual buyer within a five-day period would have to be reported to local law enforcement agencies. Bans "clip kits" that can convert approved ammunition feeding device into large-capacity magazines, defined as a magazine that can hold more than 10 bullets.
AB174, Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Oakland, removes prior ownership, or "grandfather" clauses, from state laws prohibiting the possession of various weapons. Current law allows ownership of weapons that were possessed prior to the ban under certain conditions.
AB180, Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Oakland, establishes an unspecified tax on ammunition sold in retail stores and gun shows and devotes the additional revenue toward crime prevention efforts in high-crime areas of the state.
AB231, Assemblymen Philip Ting, D-San Francisco, and Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, requires gun owners to buy liability insurance to cover damages or injuries caused by their weapons.
SB47, by Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, prohibits the use of so-called bullet buttons and other devices that allow for swift reloading of military-style assault weapons.
SB53, by Sen. Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, increases restrictions on purchasing ammunition by requiring buyers to get a permit, undergo a background check and pay a fee.
SB108, by Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, requires all guns to be properly stored with a trigger lock or in a lock box when the owner is not present. Current law requires owners to have a trigger lock or safety lock box but doesn't require the safety device to be used.
SB140, by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, and Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, lets the state Department of Justice use reserve funds to reduce a backlog in confiscating weapons from individuals who bought them legally but were later convicted of a crime, treated for mental illness or subjected to domestic violence court orders.
___
On Thursday, Senate Democrats proposed 10 measures they say will give California the nation's toughest gun-control regulations. Three of those SB47, SB53 and SB140 were introduced previously and already are in bill form. Other proposals to be introduced this month include:
Banning the sale of semi-automatic rifles that accept detachable magazines.
Banning possession of magazines that hold more than 10 bullets.
Updating the definition of a shotgun to include a shotgun-rifle combination.
Requiring registration of all firearms.
Regulating the loaning of firearms.
Prohibiting felons and the mentally ill from living in residences where weapons are located.
And creating a safety training certificate for handgun owners.
Now is the time folks...
Tim
