Posted on 10/14/2009 8:35:49 AM PDT by Sasparilla
Its been predicted for a long time that if anti- gun groups can't get your guns, then they will go after your ammunition.
Governor Arnold Swartzenegger has done exactly that in signing a new law regulating ammunition sales. The ostensible goal is to track the bullets used in crimes.
Criminals will find another way to get their bullets. It will be where they get their guns...on the street. This is another gun law that will only affect the honest individual.
The Governor said just the week before that he would veto the new ammunition law, thus preventing organized opposition to his signature. Anyone violating this new law will face a misdemeanor charge.
The new law makes these changes in the way you will buy ammunition in California.
1) It will prohibit the sale of ammunition in a way that allows the ammunition to be accessible without the assistance of an employee. It has to be in a case where the customer has no access. You could have to stand in line to see what you are buying..
2) The dealer must ask for identification each time you buy handgun ammunition and the dealer will be required to record personal information including:
a. Your thumb print
b. Your Driver's license number
c. Your home address and telephone number
d. The brand and type of ammunition that you purchased
e. Your birth date
3) It will now become illegal to buy ammunition online or by mail order. It may become impossible to buy any ammunition not stocked by dealers.
In addition to crippling taxes, crime, and draconian gun laws, this is one more reason for Californians to move to gun friendlier Nevada or Arizona.
Governor Swartzenegger said in signing the bill, "Although I have previously vetoed legislation similar to this...
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Fun, ain't it?
Picture Bugs Bunny whacking the bombs checking for duds...
I was considering the 10/22 first. But when I went shopping, the store had a 597, and was out of the 10/22, with no real idea on a new shipment. Price was really not a factor about 20 dollars difference between the two.
The 10/22 is very dependable.
I have been in gun shops that were out of it. The owners told the customer of another gun shop that might have 10/22's in stock.
What happened to you (sold out) has happened many times since the 10/22 was introduced in 1964.
Somethings are worth waiting for.
There is a reason why the best plumbers are always busy.
Agreed. Now, to convince the budget and finace department that the purchase is, um, necessary...
3) "It will now become illegal to buy ammunition online or by mail order. It may become impossible to buy any ammunition not stocked by dealers. "
There's the biggie.
Yep. Then certain calibers become scarce, and therefore expensive. Primers, reloading equipment, powder is next...
History tells us, that black markets flourish in this type of environment...along with revolution.
5.56mm
Yep. If you want to stay competitive, 50 rounds a day is too few.
LOL! Not just anyone can marry a Kennedy...
This was one of my top reasons for leaving Cali for FL a couple years back.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
It's people like you that keep "common sense gun control" from working, necessitating even more draconian restrictions. I'll bet you'd like to see our President fail, too. ;)
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