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California Ammo Bill Becomes Law

October 12th, 2009 by Syd

Can you say, “black market” boys and girls? I thought you could…

Before the midnight deadline Gov. Schwarzenegger acted on 685 bills that were on his desk. He signed 456 and vetoed 229.

One of the bills that he signed was Assembly Bill 962. It requires handgun ammunition to be kept behind the counter where customers cannot access it without assistance. It also requires gun shop owners to thumbprint people who buy handgun ammunition, as well as record their identification and provide that information to police.

Schwarzenegger released a statement explaining why he signed this bill.

"To the Members of the California State Assembly: I am signing Assembly Bill 962.

This measure would require vendors of handgun ammunition to keep a log of information on handgun ammunition sales, store ammunition in a safe and secure manner, and require the face to-face transfer of ammunition sales.

Although I have previously vetoed legislation similar to this measure, local governments have demonstrated that requiring ammunition vendors to keep records on ammunition sales improves public safety. These records have allowed law enforcement to arrest and prosecute persons who have no business possessing firearms and ammunition: gang members, violent parolees, second and third strikers, and even people previously serving time in state prison for murder.

Utilized properly, this type of information is invaluable for keeping communities safe and preventing dangerous felons from committing crimes with firearms.

Moreover, this type of record keeping is no more intrusive for law abiding citizens than similar laws governing pawnshops or the sale of cold medicine. Unfortunately, even the most successful
local program is flawed; without a statewide law, felons can easily skirt the record keeping requirements of one city by visiting another. Assembly Bill 962 will fix this problem by mandating that all ammunition vendors in the state keep records on ammunition sales.

As Governor, I have sought the appropriate balance between public safety and the right to keep and bear arms. I have signed important public safety measures to regulate the sale and transfer of .50 caliber rifles, instituted the California Firearms License Check program, and promoted the use of microstamping technology in handguns. I have also vetoed many pieces of legislation that sought to place unreasonable restrictions and burdens on firearms dealers and ammunition vendors.

Assembly Bill 962 reasonably regulates access to ammunition and improves public safety without placing undue burdens on consumers. For these reasons, I am pleased to sign this bill."

Source: News10/KXTV

The statement says, “Utilized properly, this type of information is invaluable for keeping communities safe and preventing dangerous felons from committing crimes with firearms." I sure would like to see some proof of that. Like your local serial killers and gangbangers are going down to Wal-Mart and getting thumb-printed before they buy their cases of 9mm? Do they buy their cocaine and meth at Walgreens? Give me a break.

11 Responses to “California Ammo Bill Becomes Law”

  1. on 12 Oct 2009 at 1:59 pm1 warthog

    You might be interested in knowing that last week, Cabela’s released a statement that if this was signed into law, they would no longer sell ammunition in California.

    I wonder how many other companies will follow suit?

  2. on 12 Oct 2009 at 5:15 pm2 red collar

    When streetgangs import drugs from thousands of miles, how will this affect them exactly?

    How far is Arizona?

    This sounds like Canada’s gun registry: Bugging the law abiding while being useless against crime.

  3. on 23 Oct 2009 at 6:34 am3 pops1911

    I think some heads need to roll in California - and many shot for treason against the US & citizens. Not that the same doesn’t hold for Washington!!!!

  4. on 24 Oct 2009 at 5:43 pm4 Patrick Sperry

    Well damn! Are you telling me that Wal-Greens isn’t having that sale on crack cocaine?

    There is a reason why I left California more than thirty years ago…

  5. on 27 Oct 2009 at 8:34 pm5 Asher

    looks like the kooks found a roundabout way for guncontrol…

  6. on 04 Nov 2009 at 10:39 am6 Charles Rinehart

    Want to know why California is a nightmare? Crap like this. And these bastards can’t even pay their bills. This ammo bill does nothing. Nothing. This will only fuel ammo sales.

  7. on 17 Dec 2009 at 9:55 am7 Cargosquid

    Arizona and Nevada are going to make a bundle on sales tax on ammo.

    Unless California is going to institute customs checks on all vehicles….

    Wonder what would happen if the firearms industry followed Barretts and Cabela and just stop selling to California agencies.

  8. on 26 Dec 2009 at 10:07 pm8 B Woodman

    ESPECIALLY stop selling to state & local gub’ment agencies (police, nat’l guard, any security agency that protects the state brass hats, etc, etc)

    B WOODMAN
    III-PER

  9. on 31 Dec 2009 at 7:05 pm9 U.S Citizen

    I’ll giv’em my bullets…… One shot at a time.

    The right to keep and bear arms shall NOT be infrenged, to preserve we the people’s rights to DEFY and OVERTHROW an OPPRESIVE GOVERNMENT!!

  10. on 06 Jan 2010 at 1:24 pm10 undercov38SPL

    I live in Ohio & went to the local sporting goods store the other day to buy some 40 Cal. I was told they were out and didn’t know when they would get anymore due to the stupid law that
    Schwarzenegger is putting into effect. People out there are storing up on ammo and will be until the law goes into effect 02/2011. I don’t blame the citizens one bit. Store up on it!!

  11. on 05 Feb 2010 at 1:02 pm11 fathergoose

    Add to the list, “Cheaper than Dirt” . Their latest catalog lists no ammunition sales after January 1, 2011

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