Little-Acorn
05-30-2013, 05:14 PM
The California state Senate passed a series of so-called "gun control" bills today, that mandate a $50 fine and background check for people buying ammunition, and that ban the purchase of ANY rifle that takes a detachable magazine of any size. Even ordinary hunting rifles that fire only one shot for each pull of the trigger, will be banned if they take a detachable cartridge magazine.
The state Senators have not yet explained how any of these measure could have stopped the Sandy Hook shootings that they claimed were the purpose for the new laws... unless the laws are merely the precursor to additional laws that would implement a complete ban and confiscation of all firearms.
The laws will now go to the California Assembly.
Excerpts below, from a long article at the URL provided.
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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/political/la-me-pc-senate-approves-gun-bills-20130529,0,4224140.story
California Senate approves seven gun control bills
By Patrick McGreevy
May 29, 2013, 11:55 a.m.
The California Senate on Wednesday approved a package of seven gun control bills, including background checks for people who buy ammunition, introduced in response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
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The measures include a requirement that Californians who want to buy ammunition, and the vendors who sell it, would have to submit personal information for a background check to determine whether they have a criminal record, severe mental illness or a restraining order that would disqualify them from owning guns.
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Ammunition purchasers would submit their information and a $50 fee to the state Department of Justice which would maintain a list of qualified buyers that would be checked by ammo stores. Purchasers would have to show their driver's license or other ID at the time they buy bullets.
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The Senate also approved a bill that would outlaw the sale, purchase and manufacture in California of semiautomatic rifles that can accept detachable magazines. SB 374 also would require those who own such weapons to register them with the state.
Other measures approved by the Senate would ban the possession of ammunition magazines capable of holding more than 10 bullets, and regulate mechanisms, called “bullet buttons,” that allow the quick replacement of ammunition magazines on semiautomatic rifles.
All the bills next go to the Assembly for consideration.
The state Senators have not yet explained how any of these measure could have stopped the Sandy Hook shootings that they claimed were the purpose for the new laws... unless the laws are merely the precursor to additional laws that would implement a complete ban and confiscation of all firearms.
The laws will now go to the California Assembly.
Excerpts below, from a long article at the URL provided.
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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/political/la-me-pc-senate-approves-gun-bills-20130529,0,4224140.story
California Senate approves seven gun control bills
By Patrick McGreevy
May 29, 2013, 11:55 a.m.
The California Senate on Wednesday approved a package of seven gun control bills, including background checks for people who buy ammunition, introduced in response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
(snip)
The measures include a requirement that Californians who want to buy ammunition, and the vendors who sell it, would have to submit personal information for a background check to determine whether they have a criminal record, severe mental illness or a restraining order that would disqualify them from owning guns.
(snip)
Ammunition purchasers would submit their information and a $50 fee to the state Department of Justice which would maintain a list of qualified buyers that would be checked by ammo stores. Purchasers would have to show their driver's license or other ID at the time they buy bullets.
(snip)
The Senate also approved a bill that would outlaw the sale, purchase and manufacture in California of semiautomatic rifles that can accept detachable magazines. SB 374 also would require those who own such weapons to register them with the state.
Other measures approved by the Senate would ban the possession of ammunition magazines capable of holding more than 10 bullets, and regulate mechanisms, called “bullet buttons,” that allow the quick replacement of ammunition magazines on semiautomatic rifles.
All the bills next go to the Assembly for consideration.