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State cracks down on handgun ammo sales ( CA )
San Diego Union-Tribune ^ | January 13, 2011 | Michael Gardner

Posted on 01/13/2011 9:40:28 PM PST by george76

Lawsuit looms over law to require thumbprint, restrict Internet and mail-order sales.

Right now, law enforcement officials have no idea who buys handgun ammunition in California or how much. That will change on Feb. 1, unless a court intervenes.

Under a new law, those buying handgun ammunition will have to provide dealers with a thumbprint, photo identification, address and birth date.

The thrust of the law is to make it easier for police to investigate or prevent gun crimes by tracking bullet purchases by those already barred from possessing guns, such as felons, those convicted of firearms-related misdemeanors or members of criminal street gangs under court injunction.

Also, Californians will no longer be allowed to receive handgun ammunition directly through the Internet or by mail order.

Dealers are wary of the new law, among the strictest of its kind in the nation.

“People will just buy it elsewhere,” said Marc Halcon, owner of the American Shooting Center in San Diego. “It just further enlarges our economic problems.”

Halcon, who is also president of the California Association of Firearms Retailers. said the law is riddled with flaws. He and other critics contend it violates Second Amendment gun rights, breaches federal interstate commerce laws and is too vague, making it difficult for vendors to comply.

“I don’t see any evidence where it will deter crime,”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: banglist; guncontrol; liberalfascism; reichstagfire; shallnotbeinfringed
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To: Paladin2

Yes, under this law it is.

Which see:

(a) “Handgun ammunition,” which does not include blanks and
ammunition designed and intended to be used in an “antique firearm”
as defined in Section 921(a)(16) of Title 18 of the United States
Code, meansany variety of ammunition in the following calibers,
notwithstanding that the ammunition may also be used in some rifles:
(1) .22 rimfire .
(2) .25.
(3) .32.
(4) .38.
(5) .9mm.
(6) .10mm.
(7) .40.
(8) .41.
(9) .44.
(10) .45.
(11) 5.7x28mm.
(12) .223.
(13)
(12) .357.
(14)
(13) .454.
(15)
(14) 5.56x45mm.
(16) 7.62x39.
(17)
(15) 7.63mm.
(18)
(16) 7.65mm.
(19) .50.


41 posted on 01/13/2011 10:45:38 PM PST by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You can never do more, you should never wish to do less.)
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To: george76

Every other lame ass attempt has failed and this law is identical to every other one which has been struck down.

Just gonna have to put up with it for a few months.

It’s no one’s business what I purchase.

Even if Police know how much anyone purchases it would do absolutely nothing to improve their ability to determine who shot the bullet or bullets, much less what gun it came from.


42 posted on 01/13/2011 10:46:22 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously..... You won't live through it anyway.)
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To: Redcloak
"they will be stopped at the state line and grilled by law enforcement."

The first time I experienced that, I wuz quite surprised. Still keeping the Okies out I suppose.

43 posted on 01/13/2011 10:47:06 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Redcloak

The CA law is unconstitutional because it imposes an undue burden on the inter-state delivery services DHL, Fed-EX and UPS. The US Supreme Court struck down an analogous Maine law that prohibited the inter-state delivery of cigarettes in Rowe Vs New Hampshire Motor Transport.

The state cannot regulate inter-state activity and its also prohibited from doing that by the US Constitution. CA went too far and I expect the law to be voided by the courts.


44 posted on 01/13/2011 10:47:55 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Paladin2

Goes into a Ruger Mk II and above.


45 posted on 01/13/2011 10:51:23 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously..... You won't live through it anyway.)
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To: Vendome
"Goes into a Ruger Mk II and above."

I think I had something like that until my canoe flipped over in Lake Superior. It's a shame.

46 posted on 01/13/2011 10:54:21 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

Gov. Moonbeam started the “Agricultural Inspection Stations” last time he was in office during the Medfly Crisis he created.

So don’t put your ammo boxes in a hollowed-out watermelon. ;)


47 posted on 01/13/2011 11:05:18 PM PST by saundby
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To: Paladin2

Damn shame how many of us clean guns while fishing and have that mishap.


48 posted on 01/13/2011 11:08:07 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously..... You won't live through it anyway.)
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To: george76

Reason #5,233,998 that I would never move back to my childhood home. It was reasonably conservative, prosperous, clean and tranquil when I left. Now it’s the biggest sh*thole in America, as far as I’m concerned.


49 posted on 01/13/2011 11:28:36 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Please donate to FreeRepublic, sanity in a world gone mad!)
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To: george76
Using bullet purchase records between Jan. 16, 2008 through June 1, 2009, Sacramento police found that 151 ex-felons had bought ammunition. Of those, 15 were known gang members, four sex offenders and two spent time behind bars for murder.

Ok. So then they did exactly what with this info?

50 posted on 01/13/2011 11:44:09 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (My baloney has a first name, it's DEMOCRAT; my baloney has a second name, it's PARTY)
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To: All

It’s amazing this was passed into law.


51 posted on 01/14/2011 12:01:22 AM PST by newzjunkey
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To: Paladin2

1000 rounds of federal 22lr is about $38. 20k rounds would probably take up as much space as a typical modern home pc printer.


52 posted on 01/14/2011 3:17:45 AM PST by KingLudd
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To: Eureka_Lead

“Any firearm or rifle sold at FFL is FED registered”.

Not so, I am an FFL in NH, the FEDS don’t register long guns or pistols. The S/N remains on the 4473 and is not transmitted during the FBI background check. The 4473 is held by the dealer until he goes out of business.

You may be confused with some state law.


53 posted on 01/14/2011 3:40:31 AM PST by tiger-one (The night has a thousand eyes)
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To: roadcat

“Criminals will just buy it elsewhere. A useless law that impacts regular law-abiding folks.”

The way the ‘State’ and law enforcement look at it there are NO law-abiding folks just folks that haven’t been caught yet.


54 posted on 01/14/2011 4:08:19 AM PST by dljordan ("His father's sword he hath girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him")
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To: Cisco Nix

Make your own.


55 posted on 01/14/2011 4:18:39 AM PST by Roklok
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To: Paladin2

Ruger makes a .22 cal handgun that comes with two exchangeable cylinders. One or the other of them accepts the .22 Magnum load and the .22LR (long rifle) load. Answer is yes.


56 posted on 01/14/2011 4:42:17 AM PST by 4Runner
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To: FlingWingFlyer
The man and woman from California I met at a gun shop in Prescott, AZ back in July weren't going right home. They filled their trunk (and I mean filled their trunk) with ammo and were headed to Scottsdale to do some shopping because of the illegal aliens' "boycott" against Arizona.

Really? What kind of rear-end suspension did that auto have anyway? Must have been some kind of custom leaf-spring and shock job! If not, they had to have been doing one long wheelie from Prescott all the way to Scottsdale. Would have liked to have seen that one.

57 posted on 01/14/2011 4:52:21 AM PST by 4Runner
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To: george76

This law is nothing more than a way to identify (for later confiscation of their guns) people who own unregistered guns.

It is a “back door” confiscation plan...nothing more.

I knew that the day would surely come that ammo purchases would be used to trace ownership of guns back to individuals who own guns purchased or obtained before the registration upon purchase was initiated.

Every gun I own was either purchased before gun control was even thought of and with a law such as this, the government will eventually know what caliber gun I have, where it is, and have the ability to seize it at will.

Where is the NRA on this?????? “Crickets chirping.....”


58 posted on 01/14/2011 4:58:18 AM PST by DH (The Second Amendment is the only protection for the First Amendment)
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To: Loyal Sedition

Hmmm...sounds like an opportunity to open an ammo store in Quartzsite AZ!


59 posted on 01/14/2011 5:04:41 AM PST by Mr Rogers (Poor history is better than good fiction, and anything with lots of horses is better still)
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To: george76
Notice to all Kalifornians. I will meet you at the border on II-80 any weekend with as much ammo as you want for a small service charge.
60 posted on 01/14/2011 5:08:43 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ (V for Vendetta.)
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