AB962 (DeLeon) AMMUNITION SALES RESTRICTIONS
This bill would:

• establish a database and a program administered and maintained by the Department of Justice for licensing handgun ammunition vendors.

• no person shall transfer more than 50 rounds of handgun ammunition in any month unless he or she is registered as a handgun ammunition vendor. This means that AB962 would ban the transfer of ammunition between family members and close friends, AB962 only allows transfers to immediate family members, NOT brothers, sisters, in-laws, nephews, etc

• also provide that no retail seller of ammunition shall sell, offer for sale, or display for sale, any handgun ammunition in a manner that allows that ammunition to be accessible to a purchaser without the assistance of the retailer or employee thereof.

• further provide that handgun ammunition may only be purchased in a face-to-face transaction and only if certain conditions exist. This restriction would eliminate mail-order and Internet sales of ammunition.

• require certain ammunition vendors to obtain a thumbprint and detailed personal information from ammunition purchasers, and would require submission of that information to the Department of Justice.

Furthermore, if AB962 were to pass, it would severely impact NRA firearms training programs and volunteer instructors that teach; Refuse to be a victim, Women on Target, ROTC programs, hunter education, Olympic, college competitions and small bore rifle youth programs such as Boy Scout, Girl Scouts and 4-H. These programs would be prohibited from “transferring “ ammo to the students and team members for training and ordering special competition grade ammunition from mail or Internet sources.

More than fifteen County Sheriffs officially oppose AB962.  Make sure you tell your Senators that you stand with law-enforcement and ask them to do so also by opposing AB962.

STATUS: AB962 is on the Senate Floor and can be voted on at any time. 

POSITION: NRA & CRPA STRONGLY OPPOSE

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SB585 (Leno) – GUN SHOW BAN   This bill would prohibit the sale of firearms and ammunition at the Cow Palace and would thereby make a violation of that prohibition a misdemeanor. This bill would ban having a gun show at the Cow Palace, which is a state owned facility in the South San Francisco area. If it passes, it will likely be expanded to ban gun shows on any public property, such as fairgrounds, throughout the State. It is a major attack on the right of sportsmen and other firearms owners to assemble, communicate with each other, and to purchase new, used and collectible firearms, accessories and sporting supplies.

STATUS: SB585 is now on the Assembly Floor and can be voted on at any time.

POSITION: NRA & CRPA STRONGLY OPPOSE

Facts regarding SB585:

• Law enforcement fears that the lack of the gun show would drive firearms sales underground due to the lack of a the gun show as a regulated location for such sales to take place.

• The unfair lack of access to this publicly-owned venue restricts the First Amendment Rights of many thousands of attendees who have done nothing wrong and should not have to endure such censorship.

• The gun show promoters, including Crossroads of the West (who produce the show at the Cow Palace) worked with law enforcement, the state fair board and others, in support of AB295 several years ago. AB295 provided protections, including event operation under the strict scrutiny of law enforcement, at all gun shows in the state.

• Gun show promoters in California, including Crossroads of the West, have a close working relationship with law enforcement agencies (at all levels) due to the nature of cooperation that exists at gun shows, such as the one at the Cow Palace.

• California has the toughest gun show laws of any state in the nation. Currently, California's gun shows are monitored by local, state, and federal enforcement agencies and all firearms transactions are required to be processed by dealers who possess federal, state, and local licenses.

• Buying a firearm at a gun show is no different than going to a firearms dealer's store. All firearms transactions occur only after a comprehensive background check that includes a 10-day waiting period before a firearm can be delivered to the new owner.  SB585 is an attempt by anti-firearms rights activists to find more creative ways to discourage people from owning firearms! Like most such bills, it would have no impact on criminals, just on lawful individuals!

• Please note: As a major gun show promoter throughout California, Crossroads of the West Gun Shows (Bob and Lynn Templeton) have been STRONG NRA supporters for more than twenty years. Their efforts to support the NRA have resulted in the recruitment/retention of tens-of-thousands of NRA members throughout this time. And as we all know, this is California -- a battleground state for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and every NRA member is important to the survival of the Second Amendment.