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."
I've shot 80 year old military rifle ammunition. It went "bang" every time, so I'd say at least a century, if stored properly.
“...track down and apprehend armed criminals and other prohibited persons...”
Which means only law abiding citizens will be affected!
Hey AH-NOLD!
This wouldn’t stop terminators from using weapons in the present you dip-stick!
Some other states may have similar laws, but this new one only applies to California.
It also requires thumprinting to purchase handgun ammo.
Yep, if you live there.........you should consider getting out. Maybe all this will lead to the good people migrating to ‘flyover’ country.
Decades, if not centuries.
Arnold is proof that a Republican Party that doesn’t stand for anything, stands for nothing.
Asshat RINO. He and Bloomberg should go get an apartment in the village where they can bugger each other in peace. Leave real life to the adults.
What an Idiot. I can’t believe he signed it. It’s true what they say about passing laws to make us all criminals. I am so glad I don’t live in California.
Empirically, more than a century. People have found caches of properly stored centerfire ammunition that dated back to the Spanish American War of 1898 that worked just fine when fired. Velocity was a little less than expected, but whether this was due to age or poor quality control at time of manufacture was impossible to determine.
The good news is that being in Texas, we don’t have to worry about this idiocy in our state just yet.
that stupid Kennedy-marrying, communist ex-bodybuilder needs to go. The republican party needs to clean house, and Arnold is among the dirt that needs removing.
Smart people wouldn’t just fix up the old truck, they’d load it up and leave, never to return.
It's just another business opportunity for the Hell's Angels, the Mafia and Indian smoke shops. All of them, along with illegal marijuana growers/marketers, have thriving businesses here in California.
“I am so glad I don’t live in California.
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If this is a “success” you’ll see it elsewhere.
Success means no legal challenge, cutting off ammo to the good guys and not the bad guys*, and making tyrants feel safer while their pet politicians get re-elected for the next Hegelian step.
*So that the problem of street crime gets worse, showing the need for the next Hegelian step.
It only ends them for handgun ammo sales. Not that that makes it ok, just saying. It doesn’t go into effect until next year, so order all you can now. We had this once before and managed to get rid of it but communists never quit when it comes to shoving their restrictive laws down our throats. Fortunately I live fairly near to Nevada and can make a few trips over there if need be, if nothing else just to buy reloading components.
McCain / Schwarzenegger - 2012, A safer, kindler, gentler world with a thousand points of registration ...
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