AB 962 – Ammunition Restrictions
Well, it was fun shooting with you all. If you think the current ammunition shortage is bad then you are in for a rude awakening. Yesterday Assembly Bill AB 962 was sent to the State Assembly floor for a vote that could make it law. In the current bad economy we need to focus our attention on more pressing matters. We do not need another government mandated program to regulate the sale and transfer of products and services. This law will put out of business firing ranges, gun stores and firearms training classes in California. Additionally this bill will decrease the state revenue from these business and leave the people they employ jobless.
The gist of the bill is that it will:
1) stop internet ammo sales (forcing all ammo sales to be face-to face)
2) require registration and thumbprint at each ammo purchase
3) require certification of ammo sales personnel
4) require all ammo kept inside a secure enclosure
And the worst part …
5) limit the sale or transfer of ammunition to 50 rounds per month
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND TELL THEM YOU OPPOSE AB 962!
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 a
misdemeanor.
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