Heads up Californians - A.B. No. 273 - Handgun Safety License!

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Under the guise of "safety" . . .

If you're a gun owner, get thee to http://www.calnra.org/

From: calnra calnra-owner@listbot.com
Subject: www.calnra.org - FULL ALERT 6/12/00

FULL ALERT - June 12, 2000

PLEASE DISTRIBUTE THIS MESSAGE WIDELY

Folks --
Another firearms licensing and registration bill is on the move in The California senate. WE MUST STOP THIS ONE COLD. The bill is another attempt to take away firearms from law-abiding citizens.

Contact the Senate Public Safety Committee AND CONTACT YOUR OWN CALIFORNIA STATE SENATOR. USE OUR POLITICIAN LOCATOR AT click here for contact information. On 6/27/00 the Senate Public will have a hearing on this bill.

FAXES AND LETTERS STILL CARRY MORE WEIGHT THAN E-MAILS OR PHONE CALLS. IF POSSIBLE SEND A FAX OR LETTER AND AN E-MAIL.

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Jim

MEASURE : A.B. No. 273
AUTHOR(S): Scott and Jackson (Principal coauthor: Senator Perata)
(Coauthor: Senator Solis).
TOPIC : Firearms: licensing and registration.

HOUSE LOCATION : SEN
+LAST AMENDED DATE : 06/08/2000

VIEW FULL BILL TEXT

TYPE OF BILL :
Active
Non-Urgency
Non-Appropriations
Majority Vote Required
State-Mandated Local Program
Fiscal
Non-Tax Levy

LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 06/08/2000
LAST HIST. ACTION : From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend,
and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended,
and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.COMM. LOCATION : SEN PUBLIC SAFETY
HEARING DATE : 06/27/2000

Public Safety-(6)-Vasconcellos (Chair), Rainey (Vice Chair),
Burton, Johnston, McPherson, Polanco.

Senate Public Safety Committee Members:
Senator John Vasconcellos (Chair)
Capitol Office: State Capitol
Room 4061
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 445-9740
............Fax 916-324-0283


Senator Richard K. Rainey (Vice Chair)
Capitol Office:
State Capitol Room 4090
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 445-6083
...........fax :916-445-2527


Senator John Burton
State Capitol Room 205
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 445-1412
............Fax: 916-327-7229


Senator Pat Johnston
State Capitol
Room 5066
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 445-2407
............Fax: NA


Senator Bruce McPherson
Capitol Office:
State Capitol
Room 3067
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 445-9843
............fax: 916-445-8081


Senator Richard G. Polanco
State Capitol
Room 313
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 445-3456
No fax

Here are the people and the phone numbers you will need … I would suggest you call "all" of the Senators and tell them to leave "our" Second Amendment alone!

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Info on this bill is at: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=ab_273&sess=CUR&house=A

" (1) No person shall purchase, or receive through gift, loan, transfer, or bequest, any handgun, without a valid handgun safety license issued by the department pursuant to this section. No person shall sell, or deliver through gift, loan, transfer, or bequest, any handgun, to any individual without assuring that the individual has a valid handgun safety license issued by the department pursuant to this section."

" A license issued pursuant to this section is valid for (5) "five years" from the date of issuance of the license, or until the licensee' s California driver's license expires, whichever period is shorter. If the licensee does not have a California driver's license, the handgun safety license shall expire on the licensee's birthday that falls at least five but no more than six years after issuance of the handgun safety license. If the drivers license expires within the next year, the handgun safety license shall expire at the time the next driver's license expires."

"(3) A one-year suspension if an individual fails to comply with the provisions of subdivision (d) of Section 12072. (4) A one-year suspension if the individual fails to notify local law enforcement within five days of the discovery of the theft or loss of any firearm. (2) A second violation of this section is punishable by that fine and a five-year suspension of the handgun safety license. (3) A third or subsequent violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor and a "Permanent Prohibition" against being eligible for a handgun safety license.

(A) "person shall not engage in the sale, lease, or transfer of used firearms other than pistols, revolvers, or other firearms capable of being concealed upon the person at more than 12 gun shows or events in any calendar year and shall not sell, lease, or transfer more than 15 used firearms other than pistols, revolvers, or other firearms capable of being concealed upon the person at any single gun show or event. In no event shall the person sell more than 75 used firearms other than pistols, revolvers, or other firearms capable of being concealed upon the person in any calendar year. A person described in this paragraph shall be known as a "Gun Show Trader."

A transmutation of property between spouses pursuant to Section 850 of the Family Code , provided however, if the firearm is a handgun, the family member taking possession must first obtain a handgun safety license pursuant to Section 12060.



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The New World Order has a Third Reich odor.
 
If he's got the brains God gave a WWF fan, governor Davis will quash this turkey, either by back-room arm-twisting or even by veto.

There's a reason he's been saying "no new gun control this year" and it adds up to the Dems worst nightmare:

"November backlash".

This bill is an annoying turd but it's not armageddon; the "registration fees" are very low and at least at this stage, maintaining a list of gun serial numbers linked to the "buyer's card" isn't required. You list your guns at the time you buy the card but you don't have to alter the card for each gun purchase.

One possible side effect could be to *increase* the number of CCWs issued. If a given PD Chief is going to have to put you through training anyways, it becomes just as easy to do the "full route" - that's what happened in Mass under Chapter 180, which has some similarities.

Upshot: yes, this thing is annoying and dumb...BUT, if it pisses off the masses of apathetic gun owners and causes a major November backlash against the state Dems, Feinswein and Gore? (Remember, Calif is MUST-WIN for Gore.) It'll be *worth* it, because we can do shall-issue the next session, maybe even flush this piece of crap then start rolling back the rest of the BS.

Too bad Davis isn't up for re-elect this year.

Jim
 
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