so that makes selling a buddy a box of .22's out of your brick illegal???
Posted on 04/18/2007 2:39:46 PM PDT by radar101
SACRAMENTO - California would become the first U.S. state to require instant background checks on buyers of handgun ammunition under a Los Angeles-sponsored anti-gang bill that cleared its first key hurdle Tuesday.
The Assembly Public Safety Committee approved AB 362 - dubbed the "end the Wild West" measure - sponsored by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Sheriff Lee Baca and Police Chief William Bratton.
Assemblyman Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, said his bill would make it more difficult to buy ammunition.
"It's time to put an end to this Wild West mentality," he said.
The bill is supported by several gun-control advocates and opposed by organizations including the California Rifle and Pistol Association, which says the measure harasses businesses and customers.
Supporters acknowledge implementation of instant background checks would take time and be costly.
Under the measure, all handgun-ammunition buyers would have to provide identification to sellers, who would pass the information to the state. The Justice Department would run background checks and notify local law enforcement agencies if a felon or underage person purchased bullets.
The bill also would require ammunition vendors to be licensed with the Justice Department; and ammunition sellers and employees to undergo background checks.
AB 362 also would ban all Internet purchases of handgun ammunition in California.
Violations would be a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for up to six months and a fine of up to $1,000.
The bill now heads to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
Stock up now before the rush
Well, the instant background check really helped keep guns out of the Virginia Tech killer’s hands....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1819553/posts
NICS and VCIN both cleared the guy, even though he had been adjudicated as a mental defective.
Buy your own reloading equipment and supplies....
lol This is so stupid to be ridiculous. They’ll just buy it mailorder or any of the other number of ways like driving across the state line. Stupid liberals, may they share hell with the VA tech shooter.
While you still can....
What about carbines that take pistol ammo, and pistols that take rifle ammo?
Passage of this will just precede the one bullet a month rule and the $100M/round tax levy.
That will be $2.98 for the box of .22 ammo and $35 for the background check please.
“Pilgrims, grab your muskets! We’ve had enough of this”. John Wayne
No need... Reno, Nevada is just a couple of hours away...
This same pile of steaming...was vetoed by Ahhrnold (RINO - CA) last year.
It’s going nowhere. It’s a seasonal thing.
My friends will be very grateful for the new business. Tell your friends to use their heads and use cash for their purchases.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
This is just more D@mocrat Party harassment of law-abiding gun owners...
No need... Reno, Nevada is just a couple of hours away...
so that makes selling a buddy a box of .22's out of your brick illegal???
I wouldn’t trust arnold if I lived in CA.
“It’s time to put an end to this Wild West mentality,” he said.
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I always love this supid statement... the wild west wasn’t. There is far more crime today than 150 years ago. Jesse James and others became famous because nobody had robbed trains and banks before... Crime wasn’t a safe business when everyone carried a gun....
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