The Shootin' Guy

LEGISLATIVE YEAR COMES TO A CLOSE... HERE'S A RECAP OF THE BILLS YOU DEFEATED! YOU ARE THE CALIFORNIA GUN LOBBY! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT! Thank you to all members who took the time to write and/or call legislators. For a complete listing of bills tracked by California Rifle & Pistol Association  please refer to the Bill Status Update on the California Rifle & Pistol Association website here. Thanks to your emails, phones calls, and letters the following bills were defeated. AB 174 (Rob Bonta, D) Public school health centers. Amended by author into a health bill; no longer a firearms bill. AB 187 (Rob Bonta, D) Taxation: ammunition: School-Based Early Mental Health Intervention and Prevention Services Matching Grant Program: Public Safety Emergency Prevention Fund. Proposed a 10% gross receipt tax on ammunition retailers. AB 232 (Phillip Y. Ting, D) Income taxes: credit: gun buybacks. Proposed to give a tax credit (up to $5,000), for gun buy backs conducted by cities. AB 760 (Roger Dickinson, D)   Taxes: ammunition sales. Proposed to impose a tax of .05 per item of ammunition or reloading components sold at retail. AB 1020 (Rob Bonta, D)   Firearms: notice to purchasers. Proposed to require the Attorney General to issue a letter, during the 10-day waiting period, to firearm purchasers advising of safe storage requirements and laws relating to gun trafficking. SB 47 (Leland Y. Yee, D) Firearms: assault weapons. Proposed a ban on centerfire semi-auto firearms equipped with bullet buttons. SB 53 (Kevin De Leon, D) Ammunition: purchase permits. Proposed to require purchasers to obtain an annual permit, issued by the Department of Justice, to purchase ammunition and limit purchases to face-to-face transactions through a licensed ammunition vendor. This bill would ban mail order and internet sales of ammunition. SB 108 (Leland Y. Yee, D) Firearms. Amended on 8/14/13 into a Study Bill. Requires Department of Justice to conduct a study on local ordinances pertaining to safe storage of firearms. Report to be sent to the legislature by 1/1/16. SB 293 (Mark DeSaulnier, D) Firearms: owner-authorized handguns. Proposed to require any new handguns sold in California to be equipped with owner recognition technology. SB 396 (Hancock D) Firearms: magazine capacity. Proposes to ban all magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, regardless of the date acquired.