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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCA voters will vote in November on whether purchasing ammunition should require a background check.
Gavin Newsom gun control initiative qualifies for November ballotMeasure would require background checks for ammunition, ban large-capacity magazines
Supporters aim to curtail gun violence
Law enforcement, gun rights groups argue it would only restrict law-abiding citizens
BY ALEXEI KOSEFF
akoseff@sacbee.com
California voters will weigh in this November on a measure intended to curtail gun violence by requiring background checks for ammunition purchases and banning the possession of magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds.
The Secretary of States Office announced Thursday that proponents, including Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, had submitted enough valid signatures to qualify their initiative for the ballot.
Enough massacres, death, tears, and hate its time to take action and save lives, Newsom said in a statement. The Safety for All initiative gives California voters the opportunity to keep guns and ammo out of the hands of violent, dangerous, hateful people.
The proposal would also license ammunition sellers, mandate the reporting of lost or stolen guns, establish a process for recovering firearms from people prohibited from owning them because of their criminal records, and compel state authorities to notify the federal government when someone is added to that prohibited persons database.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article85640772.html#storylink=cpy
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scscholar
(2,902 posts)It's good to see that those Republicans weren't able to block the will of the people from getting this put on the ballot.
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)Press Virginia
(2,329 posts)Now it'll take an hour to buy bullets
scscholar
(2,902 posts)That would be more efficient anyway since the background checks could be combined.
Waldorf
(654 posts)hack89
(39,171 posts)I go through thousands of rounds annually.
Press Virginia
(2,329 posts)when I buy a gun.
Depending on the time of day and day of the week, I've had to wait at least an hour for a background check on a firearm.
Ammunition purchases are far more frequent. I tend to buy ammo when I go to the range since I only have hollow points at home.
marybourg
(12,620 posts)hand-loading equipment and supplies. It not all that difficult to produce your own bullets by hand loading them.
mwrguy
(3,245 posts)Require a check for primers and powder.
marybourg
(12,620 posts)Rolling your own is the way to go. It's much cheaper if you go though substantial amounts of ammo, you end up with a better quality product if you know what you are doing and you don't have to worry about running out of a specific caliber if you forgot to go to the store before a trip to the range.
Heeeeers Johnny
(423 posts)If it's the former, how do they expect the FBI/NIC's to legally comply and/or handle the overload?
Press Virginia
(2,329 posts)Because they are going to cause quite a back log with this plan
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Crepuscular
(1,057 posts)your comment presumes that this idea will halt gun violence, despite there being no evidence to support such a claim.
Anybody who thinks that ammunition will not be amply available on the black market, should such a restriction be put in place, needs only to look at how successful prohibition and the war on drugs has been, in terms of preventing criminals from acquiring banned substances.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Needs to present the idea, I'm open to ideas.
LiberalFighter
(50,888 posts)X_Digger
(18,585 posts)Andrews v. State, 1871
purchase them, to keep them in a state of efficiency for use, and
to purchase and provide ammunition suitable for such arms, and to
keep them in repair.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)hunter
(38,310 posts)You have to return the shell casing and the used metal bullet in a one-for-one exchange.
If you can't find the used metal bullet, then tough. Only non-toxic plastic bullets for you.