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CAL-ERT 08/26/07 -- 10:30 A. M.
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
This information is accurate at the time this CAL-ERT was written and originally distributed. The scheduled times and dates for hearings are subject to change, by the legislature, with little or no advance notice. The NRA Members' Councils of California will keep you informed as the legislative situation changes in Sacramento.

LEGISLATION PENDING: (Votes could come at any time!)

AB1471 (Feuer) MICROSTAMPING  - This bill would, commencing January 1, 2010, expand the definition of "unsafe handgun" to include semiautomatic pistols that are not designed and equipped with the unproven technology of a microscopic array of characters that identify the make, model, and serial number of the pistol, etched into the interior surface or internal working parts of the pistol, and that are transferred by imprinting on each cartridge case when the firearm is fired.  This is the notorious Fix your gun -- face a felony bill! 
STATUS: On the Senate Floor  --  OPPOSE

 AB821 (Nava) LEAD AMMO BAN  -  Although there is no sound scientific data that the use of lead ammunition for hunting is a serious threat to the condor, this bill would enact the Ridley-Tree Condor Preservation Act to require the use of non-lead centerfire rifle and pistol ammunition when taking big game and coyote within specified areas. The act would require the commission to establish, by regulation, by January 1, 2008, a public process to certify centerfire rifle and pistol ammunition as non-lead ammunition, and to define non-lead ammunition by regulation. Under the act, a person who violates those requirements would be guilty of an infraction punishable by a $500 fine for the first offense. Because the act would create a new crime, this bill would create a state-mandated local program.

Supposedly, AB821 would declare the Legislature's intent to protect vulnerable wildlife species, including the California condor, from the threat of lead poisoning. The fact is that AB 821 and similar regulatory restrictions are not designed to protect the California condor. Instead, they are designed to cripple hunting by pretending that ammunition containing lead is the problem. 
STATUS: On the Senate Floor  --  OPPOSE

AB334 (Levine) MANDATORY LOSS/THEFT REPORTING  -  This bill would make it an infraction for any person whose handgun is stolen or irretrievably lost to, within 5 working days after his or her discovery or knowledge of, or within 5 working days after the date he or she reasonably "should have known" of, the theft or loss, fail to report the theft or loss to a local law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction in which the theft or loss occurred or in which the person resides.  This ridiculous Victimize the victim bill is similar to a bill that the Governor vetoed last year!   
STATUS: On the Senate Floor  --  OPPOSE

 ACTION REQUESTED:
KEEP UP THE PRESSURE!!! Your voice is being heard in the Capitol. Please continue to CALL, FAX, and EMAIL the legislators. All three methods of communication are effective and we must keep up the broad-based effort. Refer to Contact Information below.

Contact Information:
State Senate: A complete listing of all of the State Senators including phone/fax/email information can be found HERE . Also, you can send a single email to each of the State Senators by using the special "ONE CLICK" email address that you can find HERE . By sending one email to the special "ONE CLICK" address, each one of the State Senators will receive a copy of your message (so it is probably a good idea to address your messages with: Dear Senator,).

Please call the following legislators and urge them to OPPOSE the three bills listed above:
(Note -- since one or more of these bills might be required to return to the Assembly for a concurrence vote, we are asking you to call specified legislators in both houses)

Continue to monitor the latest legislative updates at: http://NRAMembersCouncils.com/legs.shtml

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