Posted on 10/12/2009 12:27:47 PM PDT by GL of Sector 2814
Sacramento, CA – Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law legislation that will help law enforcement officials track down and apprehend armed criminals and other prohibited persons. AB 962 by Assembly Member Kevin DeLeon (D-Los Angeles) had the support of law enforcement officials from across the state and was modeled after successful city ordinances, including the cities of Sacramento and Los Angeles. AB 962 was the Brady Campaign´s top priority bill in this year´s legislature.
The law requires maintenance of purchaser records by handgun ammunition vendors. Local law enforcement can use these records to find illegal guns.
"The purchase records will provide our police officers with yet another tool to track down and apprehend armed and dangerous criminals," said Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
The new law also requires the safe storage of handgun ammunition in stores and that all handgun ammunition sales be completed in face-to-face transactions. Sacramento and Los Angeles have had great success over the last few years with similar city ordinances. "Law enforcement officials in both cities have had great success in tracking down violent criminals who purchased ammunition in Sacramento and Los Angeles," said Ellen Boneparth, President of the California Brady Campaign Chapters. "Our California Brady Chapters were instrumental in urging cities to pass the local ordinances and getting strong support statewide for AB 962."
A 2006 study by the Rand Corporation on Los Angeles´ city ordinance showed 10,050 rounds of ammunition were purchased by prohibited persons in a period of just two months. The study concluded "…monitoring ammunition transactions may help reduce the supply of ammunition to criminals and the frequency of injuries from felonious gun assaults. Such a record can also provide information for generating leads on illegal firearm possession."
Man, ain’t that the truth.......
Put not your trust!
For a bankrupt state, this could be the first item cut from the budget, but it is generating headlines. People in CA will nver figure it out. Bring on Jerry Brown to straighten out things!
Same state and party that elected George Deukmejin, Jr.
The GOP doesn't have a real good track record when it comes to protecting our 2nd Amendment rights in California.
In fact, they're real good at selling us out.
Big McClintock fan here. Sorry he didn’t make it to gub’s mansion.
I’d be willing to bet that ammo smuggling into Cali becomes a BIG business.
Thanks. Me, too.
It's too bad so many around here support the party that supports usurpers like Schwarzentaxer.
Has anyone seen the petition to change the Constitution to get Arnold on the Presidential ballot in 2016 ??
This guy sure turned out to be Gray Davis on Steroids.
And for sure, Civil War 2 will begin.
Kept dry & in low humidity at constant or near constant temp modern small arms ammo has a shelf life of better than 50 years.
As a number of posters have stated in this thread - a long, long time.
Key point though - use the really old surplus ammo for range training. Good for malfunction (rare) training, etc.
When you reload “Momma” for carry or home protection use newer ammo from a quality manufacturer.
So... is .223 handgun ammo?
I was watching the movie Seems Like Old Times with Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase featuring Charles Grodin last night...got it from Blockbuster Online....anyway...during one part of the film Robert Guillame from Soap tells Grodin that he needs to be careful about the information on Chase’s character because California is a “Conservative” sate” and he needs to be careful with how he proceedes!!!!! I haven’t watched the movie in 20+ years...classic movie...but that line made me laugh the most I think.
I inherited my grandfathers old model 97 Winchester with about 500 rounds of ancient (40’s) Winchester 12 gauge shells. They are all paper and cardboard, no plastic, and I have yet to have a missfire with the stuff yet. (I shoot it because I don’t trust the newer rounds in that old a gun.)
A long long time.
Decades!
Next time just take the speedo off and go have a speedo shop add the miles to it. :)
Fla used to have a law requiring a signature when buying handgun ammo, including .22.
Haven’t lived there in 25 yrs. not sure if that’s still the case.
Thanks to the OA-93/98, California probably considers it as such.
“The new law also requires the safe storage of handgun ammunition in stores and that all handgun ammunition sales be completed in face-to-face transactions.”
No more mail order I guess.
Tell me why we need “moderates” in the party again?
RINOS. The gift that keeps on giving.
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