Monday, March 31, 2014

Yee running guns? What!?!




Calif. Sen. Leland Yee in Court for Bond Hearing on Firearms Trafficking, Corruption Charges
 



Leland Yee is accused in a corruption scandal, exposed after a five-year FBI sting. I'm not surprised.









I'm sure the gun haters have their slapped
their heads with a big, "Doh!

Read the article: The San Jose Mercury News



Saturday, January 25, 2014

Inform Yourself. Write your Legislators

California Bills

SB 38
Author: Sen. de León
Position: Oppose
Summary: Expansion of California’s failed APPS program
SB 47
Author: Sen. Yee
Position: Oppose
Summary: Bans “Bullet Button” / maglocked firearms, re-opens “Assault Weapon” registration
SB 53
Author: Sen. de León
Position: Oppose
Summary: New bans on ammo sales, licensing, registration
SB 175
Author: Sen. Fuller
Position: Support
Summary: Allows carry licensees to possess self-defense firearms in a game refuge
SB 199
Author: Sen. de León
Position: Oppose
Summary: Expands regulations on BB guns
SB 396
Author: Sen. Hancock
Position: Oppose
Summary: Ban on possession of standard (factory) capacity magazines
SB 808
Author: Sen. de León
Position: Oppose
Summary: Criminalizes home-built firearms without serial numbers, creates vague and ambiguous new rules that hurts law enforcement
AB 232
Author: Asm. Ting
Position: Oppose
Summary: Tax-payer funded gun-buybacks = no-questions-asked “evidence shredders” for crime guns

Saturday, September 14, 2013


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.

Public school health centers. Amended by author into a health bill; no longer a firearms bill.

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.

Income taxes: credit: gun buybacks. Proposed to give a tax credit (up to $5,000), for gun buy backs conducted by cities.

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.

Firearms: assault weapons. Proposed a ban on centerfire semi-auto firearms equipped with bullet buttons.

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.

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.

Firearms: owner-authorized handguns. Proposed to require any new handguns sold in California to be equipped with owner recognition technology.

Firearms: magazine capacity. Proposes to ban all magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, regardless of the date acquired.