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.

State Issues   Issue Description Author Position       AB 48 AMMO SALES RESTRICTIONS Skinner Oppose Details     AB 134 CCW PRIVACY Logue/Mansoor Support Details     AB 169 USED HANDGUN BAN Dickinson Oppose Details     AB 170 ASSAULT WEAPONS 'PERSON' REDEFINITION Bradford Oppose Details     AB 180 OAKLAND PREEMPTION EXCLUSION Bonta Oppose Details     AB 231 GUN-OWNER LIABILITY INSURANCE REQUIREMENT Ting Oppose Details     AB 249 OPEN CARRY PROHIBITION REPEAL Donnelly Support Details     AB 500 WAITING PERIOD INCREASE AUTHORIZATION Ammiano Oppose Details     AB 539 FIREARM POSSESSION PROHIBITIONS Pan Watch Details     AB 711 TRADITIONAL HUNTING AMMUNITION BAN Rendon Oppose Details     AB 871 SELF-DEFENSE: GOOD CAUSE FOR CCW Jones Support Details     SB 47 ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN Yee Oppose Details     SB 53 AMMO PURCHASE PERMITS De Leon Oppose Details     SB 108 FIREARMS LENDING/STORAGE RESTRICTIONS Yee Oppose Details     SB 293 'SMART' HANDGUNS DeSaulnier Oppose Details     SB 299 REPORTING LOST/STOLEN HANDGUNS DeSaulnier Oppose Details     SB 374 SEMI-AUTO RIFLE BAN Steinberg Oppose Details     SB 396 MAGAZINE POSSESSION BAN Hancock Oppose Details     SB 475 REQUIRE PREMISSION FOR COW PALACE GUN SHOW Leno Oppose Details     SB 567 EXPANDED 'SHOTGUN' DEFINITION Wagner Oppose Details     SB 683 FIREARM SAFETY CERTIFICATE Block Oppose Details

THIS JUST IN!  

The Senate is heading toward the most intense debate on gun control since the 1994 crime bill was passed.

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There is yet a criminal that would use the channels we are speaking about here to get a gun.  

How is a mentally ill person going to be stopped from getting a gun through this process, if there isn't a criminal record?

--1999-2009 1.8 mil blocked gun sales?

Majority of that was due to things like parking tickets, and other small traffic violations, vehicular accidents as well as lawsuit filings that occurred that put up a flag in the system because the person was being looked into starting with local law enforcement. This was not the FBI stopping the sale.

--For Pennsylvainia?

Well isn't that great for them. Let the state decide what is needed! Feds need to stay out of State business. In reality this just forbids me from giving my son a gun for his birthday without a record of transfer. (read registration). 

--And won't require record keeping by any private citizens.

What? Of course not. The Feds will keep all those records. 

--The bill would also create a commission "to study the causes of mass violence in the United States, looking at all aspects of the problem" including guns, school safety, violent video games and mental health.

MORE government. That's just great. And since when did legislating morality actually work? We can see how that stops people from robbing a bank, or selling drugs. No don't get me wrong, having a law that prohibits an immoral activity tells a lot about how the society may feel about it, but without a follow through with appropriate punishment (consequence) it's useless. They guy tat perpetrated the crime in Aurora CO, should have the book thrown at him, not sit around waiting to see if he qualifies for a punishment. I think the crime he committed, qualifies him just fine. Also in the case of a suicide after murder, I think people want to feel some justification so they turn on the ones who are innocent (you and me). It's like slapping the kid who didn't actually play with the matches, but because he's within arm's reach, he'll do.

--"We strengthen rights of law-abiding gun owners," Manchin said, explaining that the background checks are designed "to keep people from having guns who shouldn't have them."

Tell me again, how does any of this strengthen my right as a legal gun owner?

Oh man. I'm just frothing over this.