The NRA and its supporters are promising to fight Assemblyman Kevin DeLeon’s (D-L.A.) AB 962, the bill recently signed by Gov. Schwarzenegger that requires stricter control over the purchase of handgun ammunition and bans all internet ammunition sales.  Because Schwarzenegger vetoed the same bill one year ago, gun groups were surprised by the action.

"We think it was a devastating mistake,'' Sam Paredes, executive director of Gun Owners of California, told the Los Angeles Times. The group represents roughly 30,000 gun owners throughout the state. “Ammunition buyers are going to be treated like registered sex offenders now.''

The bill, which will go into effect on Feb. 11, 2011, requires that purchasers of handgun ammunition be fingerprinted and registered at the time of purchase. Retailers must then maintain these records and make them available for inspection by the Department of Justice.

Backed by the NRA and the California Rifle and Pistol Association (CRPA), Assemblyman Curt Hagman (R-Chino Hills) has revised his AB 373 to repeal AB 962. In a press release, Hagman claimed that AB 962 was an attack on the second amendment.

“The laundry list of new requirements in Assembly Bill 962 treats law abiding citizens like criminals,” Hagman said. “The only people this bill will affect are those already following the law. My bill will ensure that California's responsible gun owners are not punished by this excessive regulation from Sacramento.”

The NRA and CRPA are distributing a letter in support of the repeal, which is set to be introduced to the California Legislature in January.

                                        

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Hey ARNOLD! I am a Pro-gun tax paying American who VOTES! Why don't you go after the bad guys using the laws already on the books?

nsb21 , October 29, 2009

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AHH-NOLD Schwarzenpecker aka Plastic Man aka The Gropenator is an unabashed disgrace.... Here's a guy who made 10's of millions of dollars, making movies and exploiting every auto and semi-auto firearm ever made, then he has the audacity to terminate the rights of law-abiding Kalifornia gun owners, all-the-while he's running the state into the ground.. Unbelievable !! The bright side of the whole mess is AHH-NOLD terms out in 2010... Good ridence to bad trash..

NRA_Fireman , October 28, 2009

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