Thursday, February 20, 2014

ANTI-GUN STATE SENATOR PROPOSES RESTRICTIVE AMMO PURCHASE LAW FOR CALIFORNIANS

Democratic Sen. Kevin de Leon wants criminal background checks run on all purchasers of ammunition

California already has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the nation and now this anti-gun Democrat, who is behind much of the state’s recent anti-gun legislation, wants to require criminal background checks on all Californians when they try to purchase ammunition.

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE CONSIDERING AMMUNITION BACKGROUND CHECK BILL
By Max Pringle

Capital Public Radio
February 18, 2014

SACRAMENTO -- “In California, to buy a product that has the potential to maim or kill another human being, you can walk into any gun store and buy all the ammunition you like," says Democratic State Senator Kevin de Lèon, who authored the bill. "You can fill a U-Haul truck, no questions asked.”

He says his bill would provide commonsense safeguards to the sale of a potentially lethal product and give law enforcement a useful tracking tool.

“We have no regulations whatsoever," he says. "We don’t know who buys it. We don’t know who sells it. And that’s simply wrong.”

Gun advocates' groups say the measure puts unfair restrictions on lawful purchases.

“The new vendor requirements would basically limit the opportunity for Californians to exercise their rights,” says Brandon Combs with the Cal Guns Foundation.

De Lèon tried before in the Assembly in 2008 with legislation that would have required background checks on hand gun ammunition only. That version failed in the Senate.

The Assembly Public Safety Committee is considering the current bill. Gov. Jerry Brown’s office is working with Senator de Lèon on drafting the latest bill.

1 comment:

bob walsh said...

Kevin Deleon is an asshole communist knot-hole fucker.