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CAL-ERT  12/11/09 --- 3:00 P.M. --  http://www.calnra.com/calerts/calert121109.shtml
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LOCAL LEGISLATIVE ALERT
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SAN MATEO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO CONSIDER GUN CONTROL ORDINANCES

Next Tuesday morning, December 15, 2009, at 9:15a.m., (time specific) the full Board of Supervisors of San Mateo County will consider and vote on whether to adopt two ordinances that impact the rights of lawful gun owners in that County.

One ordinance will require that all firearms that are lost or stolen be reported to law enforcement within 48 hours of when the owner knew or should have known it was lost or stolen. The other ordinance is an extensive, draconian regulation of firearms, firearm components, and ammunition vendors, which will basically make it impossible to have a gun store in the County of San Mateo.

NRA and CRPA attorneys have drafted opposition letters to both of these ordinances and have submitted them to the Board of Supervisors and County Counsel.   

IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUESTED:
We ask that you please contact the members of the San Mateo Board of Supervisors and voice your opposition to both of these blatant infringements on our right to bear arms!  Note: You can send a single email to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors and the County Clerk 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 County Supervisors and the County Clerk will receive a copy of your message .

The Board of Supervisors can be reached by telephone also at: (650) 363-4653

If you live in the San Mateo County area, The NRA and CRPA urges you to attend the meeting at the Hall of Justice located at 400 County Center, Redwood City, CA 94063 at 9:15a.m. Please dress appropriately and act respectfully, but remain firm in your opposition.  The doors open at 7:00a.m. 

For further information about the ordinances and copies of the letters written and submitted by NRA’s attorneys, visit: www.calgunlaws.com 

FACTS REGARDING THESE PROPOSED ORDINANCES:
Dealer Ordinance

• It is simply meant to harass any person who wants to sell anything related to firearms

• It is a sneaky way to impede the 2^nd Amendment right of access to firearms and ammo

• With all of the requirements it makes it cost-prohibitive to be a firearm or ammo dealer

• It is a push of LCAV’s agenda, not San Mateo County’s, as SMC doesn’t even have a dealer in its jurisdiction

• It subjects firearm component vendors to the same restrictions as firearm vendors

• The zoning requirement leaves virtually no place for firearm or ammo dealers to have a store within the unincorporated area of San Mateo.

• It is full of illegal provisions:
  >  it violates the 2^nd Amendment rights of people between 18-21 years of age, because it prohibits them from entering a gun store where handguns are sold
  >  it conflicts with state law in various instances
  >  it violates the Equal Protection rights of firearm and ammo dealers, as well as those ages 18-21 years

Duty to Report

• It turns victims of theft into criminals “Victimizes the Victims!"

• It has no effect against real bad guys, because the Fifth Amendment prevents prosecution for failure to report a lost or stolen gun they should not have had.

• It puts prosecutors in a dilemma: to prosecute a person

• It stifles cooperation with police in cases of stolen firearms, and thus impeded investigations into real criminals

• It is not enforced in cities that already have it and thus a waste of time

Remember: Even if you don't live in San Mateo County, your help is needed to defeat these proposals. Please call and email the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors and/or attend the Supervisors Meeting on December 15, 2009 and voice your opposition! And tell your neighbors to do the same.

(CLICK HERE to E-mail the members of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors and the County Clerk.)

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