Many of you are aware of the recent passage of AB962, the new law that places restrictions on the purchase of handgun ammunition. Among other things, the law requires all commercial transactions of handgun ammunition to take place on a face-to-face basis, which means a virtual end to mail-order commerce (Cabelas, BassPro, MidwayUSA, etc.). It requires ammo vendors to keep permanent records, and to perform background checks on their employees. It’s going to cost the vendors more to implement, which means the costs will be passed onto consumers.
Anyway, I’ve written more about this over on the Hog Blog if you haven’t read about it. But that’s not the point… the point is, the NRA has persuaded Assemblyman Curt Hagman to revise and reintroduce his currently pending bill, AB373, to include language that effectively repeals 962. The press release just came through. Here it is, in its entirety.
NRA SPONSORS LEGISLATION TO REPEAL AB962!
Earlier this year, Assemblyman Curt Hagman introduced Assembly Bill 373 related to the sales of handguns. AB373 was sponsored by the National Rifle Association in order to streamline the ability for law-abiding Californians to purchase handguns.
Now that Governor Schwarzenegger has signed AB962 into law, people are already becoming aware of the damage that it will do to California and it’s citizens. Therefore, the NRA and Assemblyman Hagman have agreed to amend AB373 into legislation that would repeal AB962. The newly amended AB373 will be heard in the State Legislature in January of 2010 so we must be ready for these hearings.
All of California’s firearms owners, dealers, shooters, hunters, collectors, clubs/organizations, and ammunition vendors, should be prepared to join in this effort to repeal AB962. This will not be an easy fight, but it is possible to win if we all stick together and act in an organized manner.
We, the NRA, will have specific activities that everyone can participate in during this important effort. Please stand-by and be prepared to help. There is no good reason not to be part of the team.
Read the NRA-ILA News Release regarding Governor Schwarzenegger’s counter-productive signing of AB962 at http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/NewsReleases.aspx?ID=12998 .
As a first-step in this process; please contact Assemblyman Curt Hagman and thank him for demonstrating his leadership by using his legislation (AB373) for this very important effort to repeal AB962. His office phone number is 916-319-2060 and you can email him at Assemblymember.Hagman@assembly.ca.gov.
More to come……………..
Get active, CA Sportsmen and shooters. Maybe this will fly, maybe it won’t… but if you don’t try, you’ll never succeed.
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Thanks for the number Phillip,
I have made the call!!
Once again, the Liberals are trying to deny us our 2nd Amendment rights, and the Governator proves himself once again to be RINO (Republican In Name Only). Please get active and let your elected politicians know that they work for US, not the other way around, and that we will not allow them to reduce our rights as guaranteed by the Bill of Rights to a sad joke. Considering that gun owners who want to keep their firearms don’t want the Liberals branding us as knucle dragging neanderthals or, as Nancy Pelosi accused us of, “astroturf,” with respect and dignity, write letters, make calls, show up at their offices and leave politely worded notes, but however you do so, don’t let them nibble our rights to death with such laws as AB962!! Let them know that, when they do, their laws will face lawsuits, as through the efforts of the NRA and the CRPA. Let them know that, if they can’t take our firearms, neither can they reduce our firearms to interesting wallhangers by denying or severely limiting our ammo, as through AB962.
To hear how this is going to affect a business, I invite you to go to http://www.scifirstforhunters.org/static/radio/ Gene Lumsden, the owner of Legacy Sports International and new owner of 13 Turner’s Sporting Goods Stores in So. California explains just how cumbersome, expensive to the stores, and how much this will cost CA. taxpayers. Even after receiving your personal information, the police departments aren’t required to do anything with it but store it. What a waste! Thanks for sound off.
Thanks for stopping by Jerry,
Everything has a money trail and when you follow this one it leads to more revenue to the State in the form of more taxes.
P.S.
And thanks Scott for reminding us that “we” ultimately decide our fate. Apathy carries along with it a very high price!