Posted on 05/05/2005 2:18:30 PM PDT by BCR #226
I believe that the bill was amended to exempt law-enforcement agencies. Personally, I think that the ammunition manufacturers should simply refuse to do business with any of them if this passes.
Hey, it worked in Maine - the AW bill was voted down after Bushmaster told the legiscritters that it would cut off LE if it could no longer sell its products in state. This is no different.
Reloading without using approved serialized bullets will be a felony for EACH round.
Even I don't believe the bastards are crazy enough to write a law that requires everyone in the country to scrap or "turn in" all their pre-Law unserialized ammo?
I don't even want to think about the folks that would want to return it with "extreme prejudice"...
Semper Fi
Well, it's been written.
You can read it here:
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0351-0400/sb_357_bill_20050504_amended_sen.html
My prediction:
language will be added to exempt CA LE agencies
The amended bill will pass both Assembly and Senate
Arnie will veto.
Getting Arnie to veto this "crime prevention" measure is the real reason that Lockyer pushed for this while he was planning a run for Governor. Now that he's out of that race, he's just trying to get some free publicity.
Because when the sh$% comes down (and I'm thinking more and more that it eventually will), the populace will opt for the much-more-fun activity of hanging the bastards from lampposts.
As a deterrant to other tyrants, ya see.
Same, same !.......don't forget to grab a brick of 22 rimfire at wally world whenever ya grab yer grub and goobers !
Then, thanks to the PATRIOT Act, they'll be able to go through your bank records and credit card purchases. So, I sure hope you didn't buy any of that stuff mail order and put it on your Visa card.
Before you know it, there'll be 'safety checks' for folks coming across the Nevada border. You know, just to make sure you ain't smuggling in any Bullseye or IMR products.
But, what do I know...
L
Each year new 'abuses and usurpations' are written into law and debuted around New Years. Likewise, each year it becomes more difficult to remain law abiding. Outlawism is beginning to look more and more attractive, and from a purely economic perspective, the better choice.
From the experts, SAAMI.
This is exactly what the Kali polidiots want: No ammo in Kali. It has been their stated goal all along. I forget who the polidiot was who said that if they cannot ban guns, they will ban the ammunition. I believe that was Sarah Brady of Handgun Control, Inc.
I just hope that the ammunition guys do as Barrett rifles has: Forbids sales to the Kali government. "If we can't sell to the people, we won't sell to you."
"The bill does not exempt law enforcement from its requirements. "
It will for the bill to pass.
There will be a small fortune to be made running ammo into Kali.
Yep, and the bill has been amended to exempt government and LEO...
I urge everyone to contact the ammo makers and ask that they pull out of California if this bill becomes law. Ask that they not recognise the LEO exemption and ask that they put out public letters on the matter.
Mike
And here, in 10 words, is the real reason they seek to require it. No ammunition? No guns!
This technique is bassackward. The engraving should be done as hologrammed rifling where a machining process layers the rifle grooves with proportions to the weapon's serial number. Beginning with a common identifier groove, the serial number could be determined by the width and depth of rifles groove which corresponds to the digits 0-9.
This would work much like a radial version of a combined Moorse code and Braille. With laser cutting techniques, the cost per weapon could be roughly 2-5$ and it's by far easier, less expensive, and less paperwork to track a weapon by a serial number imprinted onto ammo than it is to log serial numbers for every round of ammo.
Therein lies a quandry. What could the government do to assure compliance? fine every legally registered owner for not complying? confiscate non-compliant weapons, a direct violation of the Second Amendment? or offer incentives to the legal for having this done?
Really, I don't know. But right now, I don't believe the unsolved cases warrant a breach of S.A. rights of current law abiding citizens and I believe any attempt to criminalize those who rather not comply with "new laws" would make the government guilty of violating the "ex-post de-facto" provisions of the Constitution, so if we continue the breach by breach steps on this path government tends to follow, we might as well throw the whole document to the trash.
I expect bullet manufacturers to refuse to sell into Kali.
" Here in Kalifornicate -- you can't be too careful.."
Why don't they just change the state's name to.....
"BANANDFORNICATE"?
Well, it's worked just fine so far. Why not just keep on pushing? Gun owners have been remarkably patient so far, and I think they're banking on a continuation of that patience.
Exactly what CA legislators want.
What they expect to have take its place (black market boom in ammo, alienation of otherwise profoundly law-abiding citizens) is up for grabs.
This, despite the fact that it would make more sense to require police to carry serialized ammo in their duty weapons than to require the general public to use such ammo. Police are more likely than normal persons to find themselves in a situation where more than one person is shooting at someone. Having serialized and tracked ammunition would make it easier to resolve such cases (including those where a stray round injures an innocent bystander).
Exempting police from such a requirement for their duty ammo while subjecting everyone else to such a requirement for their range ammo shows the real intention of the bill.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.