[dpwiener]

It's not that I want to discourage anyone from contacting their legislators in Sacramento, but realistically this bill isn't going anywhere. Don Pereta and other anti-gun Democrats are posturing with this, because the state budget crisis is forcing the them to reign in their spending spree. So they have to fall back on symbolic gestures to appease their liberal constituencies.

But it takes a 2/3 vote in both houses to put a tax increase like this on the ballot, and the Republicans alone have enough votes to block it. Plus there are several Democrats who know better than to support it.

Besides, the Democrats don't really want this on the November ballot. It would be a gut-check issues for pro-gunners, and would mobilize us and bring us to the voting booths in droves. It would be an absolute political disaster for Democrats in general and Davis in particular.

Ain't gonna happen.

[Sigarmed]

Why take a chance? The point is a bill like this should never see the light of day. Hopefully our lawmakers will get the point.