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Cal-FFL Legislative Update 6-1-13
Friday, May 31st was the deadline for California bills to have made it out of their house of origin; meaning that if they didn't pass out of their first house (Senate or Assembly) they are dead for the year. The following recent activity represents action taken on bills during the last week, leading up to the House of Origin deadline.
For more detailed information, follow the links provided.
RECENT ACTIVITY
AB 187 (Bonta) – (10% Ammo Tax)- Died in Assembly Appropriations
NEXT HEARING: NONE
POSITION: OPPOSE
AB 760 (Dickinson) – ($0.50 per Bullet Tax) - Died in Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee
NEXT HEARING: NONE
POSITION: OPPOSE
AB 1296 (Skinner) – (Increase in Prohibition Periods) - Died in Assembly Appropriations
NEXT HEARING: NONE
POSITION: OPPOSE
AB 761 (Dickinson) – (PERS Divestment From Firearms Companies) Died in Assembly Appropriations
NEXT HEARING: NONE
POSITION: OPPOSE
AB 48 (Skinner) – Passed Assembly Floor.
NEXT HEARING: Senate Public Safety Committee DATE: TBA
AB 180 (Bonta) – (Allows The City of Oakland to Pass Stricter Gun Laws) - Passed Assembly Floor.
NEXT HEARING: Senate Public Safety Committee DATE: TBA
AB 500 (Ammiano) – (Extension of 10 Day Background Check) - Passed Assembly Floor.
NEXT HEARING: Senate Public Safety Committee DATE: TBA
SB 299 (DeSaulnier) - (Lost or stolen firearm reporting requirement) - Passed Senate Floor
NEXT HEARING: Assembly Pubic Safety Committee DATE: TBA
POSITION: OPPOSE SB 374 (Steinberg) - (Semi-Automatic Rifle Ban) Passed Senate Floor
NEXT HEARING: Assembly Pubic Safety Committee DATE: TBA
POSITION: OPPOSE SB 396 (Hancock) -(Ban and Confiscation of High Capacity Magazines) - Passed Senate Floor
NEXT HEARING: Assembly Pubic Safety Committee DATE: TBA
POSITION: OPPOSE SB 47 (Yee) - (Assault Weapons Ban) - Passed Senate Floor
NEXT HEARING: Assembly Pubic Safety Committee DATE: TBA
POSITION: OPPOSE SB 53 (De León) - (Ammo Sellers Licensee & Face to Face Ammo Sales) - Passed Senate Floor
NEXT HEARING: Assembly Pubic Safety Committee DATE: TBA
POSITION: OPPOSE SB 363 (Wright) – (Requires Locked Storage When Living with Prohibited Person) - Passed Senate Floor
NEXT HEARING: Assembly Pubic Safety Committee DATE: TBA
POSITION: OPPOSE SB 683 (Block) – (Firearms Safety Certificate) - Passed Senate Floor
NEXT HEARING: Assembly Pubic Safety Committee DATE: TBA
POSITION: OPPOSE SB 108 (Yee) – (Requires Locked Storage When Not at Home) - Passed Senate Floor
NEXT HEARING: Assembly Pubic Safety Committee DATE: TBA
POSITION: OPPOSE SB 38 (De León) - (Notification and Amnesty for Prohibited Persons) - Passed Senate Floor
NEXT HEARING: Assembly Pubic Safety Committee DATE: TBA
POSITION: WATCH
NEWS & NOTES
This Week in California Gun Rights: 5-10-13 Edition
Sen. Leland Yee will offer bill to ban 3-D printable guns
Though a federal bill to criminalize the 3-D printing of guns or certain gun components is pending in Congress, at least one California lawmaker wants to get in on the action, too.
State Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, said he’ll introduce legislation to prohibit use of 3-D printers to create untraceable firearms.
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City of Los Angeles Votes to Proceed With Firearm Magazine Ban** Read our letter of opposition
City of Los Angeles Votes to Proceed With Firearm Magazine Ban** Read The Calguns Foundation’s letter of opposition:
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Cal-FFL Legislative Update
This update will provide you a thumbnail sketch of what is happening with key gun legislation in California. For more detailed information, follow the links provided.
UPCOMING BILLS
AB 231 (Ting)- Makes it a crime if a child gets access to an unlocked firearm. Removes the provision that the firearm must be removed from the premises.
Hearing: Assembly Floor 5/13/13 POSITION: OPPOSE
AB 232 (Ting)-Tax-payer funded gun buybacks.
Hearing: Assembly Revenue & Taxation 5/13/13 POSITION: OPPOSE
AB 180 (Bonta) – Allows the City of Oakland to institute more restrictive firearms laws than those by the state.
Hearing: Assembly Floor 5/13/13 POSITION: OPPOSE
SB 108 (Yee) – Mandatory firearm locked storage.
Hearing: Senate Floor 5/13/13 POSITION: OPPOSE
SB 299 (DeSaulnier) – Lost or stolen firearm reporting requirement.
Hearing: Senate Floor 5/13/13 POSITION: OPPOSE
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Dick’s Sales, Stocks Drop Following Black Gun Ban
Last Christmas many Dick’s customers were sent one mean lump of coal in the form of a gift certificate. All customers who pre-ordered a Troy Carbine from Dick’s for their Black Friday special had their orders cancelled and their money returned.
Following the Newtown shooting spree, Dick’s Sporting Goods changed their policy and stopped selling AR-pattern and other semi-automatic, magazine-fed rifles, even the guns they had already sold.
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Cal-FLL's Legislative Update - 5-10-13
This update will provide you a thumbnail sketch of what is happening with key gun legislation in California. For more detailed information, follow the links provided.
UPCOMING BILLS
AB 231 (Ting)- Makes it a crime if a child gets access to an unlocked firearm. Removes the provision that the firearm must be removed from the premises.
Hearing: Assembly Floor 5/13/13 POSITION: OPPOSE
AB 232 (Ting)-Tax-payer funded gun buybacks.
Hearing: Assembly Revenue & Taxation 5/13/13 POSITION: OPPOSE
AB 180 (Bonta) - Allows the City of Oakland to institute more restrictive firearms laws than those by the state.
Hearing: Assembly Floor 5/13/13 POSITION: OPPOSE
SB 108 (Yee) - Mandatory firearm locked storage.
Hearing: Senate Floor 5/13/13 POSITION: OPPOSE
SB 299 (DeSaulnier) - Lost or stolen firearm reporting requirement.
Hearing: Senate Floor 5/13/13 POSITION: OPPOSE
SB 38 (De León) - 15 Day Amnesty for armed prohibited persons .
Hearing: Senate Appropriations 5/13/13 POSITION: WATCH
SB 53 (De León) - Ammunition buyer permit requirement; face-to-face ammo sales only at licensed dealers.
Hearing: Senate Appropriations 5/6/13 POSITION: OPPOSE
SB 363 (Wright) - Denies Second Amendment rights to people based on who they live with
Hearing: Senate Appropriations 5/13/13 POSITION: OPPOSE
RECENT ACTIVITY AB 180 (Bonta) -– Passed Assembly Public Safety 5-2.
NEXT HEARING: Assembly Floor DATE: 5/13/13
POSITION: OPPOSE
NEWS & NOTES
This Week in California Gun Rights: 4-26-13 Edition
FIRE MISSION: Stop SB 140!
**FIRE MISSION**
Cal-FFL and the Firearms Policy Coalition are asking you to fax CA Governor Jerry Brown and urge him to VETO SB 140, a measure to steal $$ MILLIONS from gun owners and give it to the Department of Justice! Use FPC’s free TAKE ACTION form to send a fax NOW at http://www.firearmspolicy.org/the-issues/california/2013-2014/sb140.
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Chris Cheng, History Channel’s “Top Shot” Champion Endorses CalGunFight.com (Video)
Realizing the unprecedented attack attack that members of the California Legislature are waging on our Second Amendment Rights, History Channel’s “Top Shot” Champion, Chris Cheng wanted to encourage all of us to join the fight in protecting our gun rights.
Recognizing that “These troubling times call for serious leadership and a powerful defense of our rights…” Chris encourages all of us to join the fight at CalGunFight.com.
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Cal-FFL Legislative Update
This update will provide you a thumbnail sketch of what is happening with key gun legislation in California. For more detailed information, follow the links provided.
CALL TO ACTION!
SB 140 (Leno) - Takes millions of unconstitutionally-collected Dealer Record of Sales (DROS) funds to compensate for the failure of more than 500 local law enforcement agencies not enforcing existing gun laws. Uses DROS funds to pay for CA DOJ expansion, including raids and confiscation of weapons from those whom the State deems to be prohibited based on unreliable data from an untrustworthy list.
Currently on the Desk of the Governor Awaiting signature or veto : Send an email asking him to VETO SB 140! CLICK HERE to TAKE ACTION NOW!
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Newslink: Dear Gun Control Democrats: 6 Ways to Make a Better Argument
Dear Gun Control Democrats:
It’s been less than a week since national gun control in America died. No “assault weapons” ban. No “high-capacity” magazine ban. Not even the Manchin-Toomey background check compromise that, according to Senator Mark Kirk, was reached by getting drunk on a 54-foot mega-yacht named Black Tie, which is part-owned by Manchin.
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This Week in California Gun Rights: 4-19-13 Edition
The Reality of Gun Shows – Not the Arms Haven for Criminals Claimed By Some
In a viral video of a Portland, Oregon Lincoln Day dinner address to promote the recently-released Manchin-Toomey ”Public Safety And Second Amendment Rights Protection Act” background check bill, Mr. Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, made a number of curious remarks, including this one about gun shows:
“I can’t justify morally, that a person who walks into a gun show, buys a gun from somebody, without getting his name, the guy can hardly speak English, and walk through the door with that firearm, with no check, nothing at all. It goes on every day at every gun show.”
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California Gun Owners Have Reason to be Hopeful — and Proud
The California Senate Public Safety Committee passed a number of extreme anti-gun measures, ranging from outright bans on guns and magazines, to ammunition seller and purchaser permits, to a “kick-the-can” bill granting municipalities the authority to ban gun shows on state property.
While the outcomes of those votes were as predictable as they are frustrating, California gun owners walked away with one significant victory: absolute solidarity among those on our side.
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Cal-FFL Legislative Update
This update will provide you a thumbnail sketch of what is happening with key gun legislation in California. For more detailed information, follow the links provided.
CALL TO ACTION!
SB 140 (Leno) - Takes millions of unconstitutionally-collected Dealer Record of Sales (DROS) funds to compensate for the failure of more than 500 local law enforcement agencies not enforcing existing gun laws. Uses DROS funds to pay for CA DOJ expansion, including raids and confiscation of weapons from those whom the State deems to be prohibited based on unreliable data from an untrustworthy list.
Will be heard on the SENATE FLOOR either MONDAY, APRIL 22ND or THURSDAY, APRIL 25TH : Send an email NOW! CLICK HERE to TAKE ACTION NOW!
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California Gun Groups Stand United in Their Opposition to SB 374 (Video)
California gun rights groups came together this week in an unprecedented fashion to oppose the California State Senate’s all out attack on the Second Amendment Rights of Californians. Here is just a small sample of their full throated, passionate defense before the Public Safety Committee.
In this clip are Brandon Combs (Calguns Foundation), Craig DeLuz (Cal-FFL), Sam Parades (Gun Owners of California) and Ed Worley (NRA-ILA) arguing against Darell Steinbergs SB 374 which bans all semi-automatic rifles that accept detachable magazines.
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On Federal Background Checks
As new talk of expanding Federal background checks raises to a fevered pitch in the US Senate, we think it’s important to go into some detail on CGF’s position.
Some of the debate is moot for those of us in California as we are forced through expensive and duplicative background checks and waiting periods on virtually every firearms transfer. CGF is suing to overturn waiting periods for people the State already knows aren’t prohibited and already own guns. We’re also suing to stop the State from delaying valid purchases by those who aren’t prohibited because the State’s background check database is incomplete.
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