[ApplegateRanch]

Bullets are just one of four components of a cartridge, but expecting a legislator AND a journalist to know the difference is asking too much.

Since he targets specifically "handgun" bullets, I have some questions for him:Is a .22LR a handgun, or a rifle bullet?

.44mag, same question.

Is a semiauto .45 Thompson replica a handgun, or a rifle that uses handgun ammo?

The first doesn't affect me at all, since I only buy .22 cartridges, and don't know of anyone who reloads rimfires.

[Disambiguator]

Actually, back in the 70s, when buying ammo that could be used in a handgun in California, the clerk would ask you if you were going to use it in a rifle or handgun. Then you had to sign a form to that effect.

I always thought that was really stupid. I don’t think they do that any more, but CA has other egregious restrictions on the RKBA. One of many reasons I left that place long ago.