MEASURE: AB 962
AUTHOR: De Leon
TOPIC: Ammunition.
DATE: 06/03/2009
LOCATION: ASM. FLOOR
MOTION: AB 962 DE LEON
Assembly Third Reading (AYES 42. NOES 31.) (PASS)
AB 962, as introduced, De Leon.
Ammunition transfers.
Existing law requires the Department of Justice to maintain records pertaining to firearms transactions. This bill would require the department to maintain additional information relating to ammunition transfers and licensed handgun ammunition vendors, as specified. Existing law generally regulates the sale of ammunition. This bill would establish a program administered by the Department of Justice for licensing handgun ammunition vendors, as specified. The bill would establish a database maintained by the department to serve as a registry of handgun ammunition vendors. This bill would require that commencing July 1, 2010, unless specifically excluded, no person shall sell or transfer more than 50 rounds of handgun ammunition in any month unless he or she is registered as a handgun ammunition vendor, as defined. The bill would also require these vendors to obtain a background clearance for those employees who would handle ammunition in the course and scope of their employment. The bill would require the Department of Justice to maintain a registry of registered handgun ammunition vendors, as specified. Violation of these provisions, as specified, would be amisdemeanor. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would also provide that no retail seller of ammunition shall sell, offer for sale, or display for sale, any handgun ammunition in a manner that allows that ammunition to be accessible to a purchaser without the assistance of the retailer or employee thereof. The bill would further provide that handgun ammunition may only be purchased in a face-to-face transaction and only if certain conditions exist. Existing law generally regulates what information is required to be obtained in connection with the transfer of ammunition. This bill would, subject to exceptions, commencing July 1, 2010,require certain ammunition vendors to obtain a thumbprint and other information from ammunition purchasers, and would require submission of that information to the Department of Justice, as specified. A violation of these provisions would be a misdemeanor. This bill would provide that a person enjoined from engaging inactivity associated with a criminal street gang, as specified, would be prohibited from having under his or her possession, custody, or control, any ammunition. Violation of these provisions would be a misdemeanor. The bill would prohibit supplying or delivering, as specified,handgun ammunition to prohibited persons, as described, by persons or others who know or by using reasonable care should know that the recipient is a person prohibited from possessing ammunition. Violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor with specified penalties.
I just knew the liberals would go after ammo in some form or another... "oh no, we won't take your guns away, you just won't be able to buy or afford the ammo for them! Aren't we clever???"
ReplyDeleteBunch of fuckin' assholes is what they are... bastards!!! My wish: may the next home invasion, rape, robbery, murder or brutality of any kind be visited upon those people. See how fast the police can get there afterwards, to protect them.