HOLD ON TO YOUR GUNS!
Sacramento, CA –-(Ammoland.com)-Hold on to your guns! The anti-gun movement has sounded a loud and fierce battle cry at the California state capitol with an unmatched onslaught of anti-gun legislation aimed at assaulting your gun rights.
Make no mistake the anti-gun movement is relentless and their aim is to take away your Second Amendment right to own firearms.
This year the CRPA is tracking an unprecedented number of bills – 47 to be exact – that could impact firearms owners and sportsmen.
Most of this legislation is vehemently ANTI-GUN AND ANTI-HUNTING and outright attacks your gun rights.
Some of the worst include (click bill number for more information):
AB 48 (Skinner) – Intends to require registration to purchase ammo, require reporting of bulk ammo sales to local law enforcement, require ammo vendors to be a licensed gun dealers, and bans magazines over ten rounds. Click to contact Assemblymember Nancy Skinner.
AB 174 (Bonta) – Proposes to confiscate firearms that were previously “grandfathered” as pre-ban firearms.
Click to contact Assemblymember Rob Bonta
AB 187 (Bonta) – Intends to establish a tax on ammo.
Click to contact Assemblymember Rob Bonta
AB 760 (Dickinson) – Seeks to establish a 5¢ per round sales tax on ammo. Click to contact Assemblymember Roger Dickinson
SB 47 (Yee) – Aims to ban semi-auto firearms with bullet buttons.
Click to contact Senator Leland Y. Yee
SB 53 (de Leon) – Seeks to require you to have a permit to purchase ammunition and would ban mail order and internet sales.
Click to contact Senator Kevin de Leon
SB 293 (DeSaulnier) – Proposes to require any handguns sold in California to be equipped with owner recognition technology.
Click to contact Senator Mark DeSaulnier
SB 374 (Steinberg) – Intends to ban the sale of all rimfire and center fire semi-auto rifles with detachable magazines or fixed magazines over ten rounds.
Click to contact Senator Darrell Steinberg
SB 396 (Hancock) – Aims to ban all magazines that hold more than ten rounds, regardless of the date acquired.
Click to contact Senator Loni Hancock
YOU ARE THE CALIFORNIA GUN LOBBY! BE PROACTIVE AND GET INVOLVED
The reality for 2013 is that the anti-gun movement is now on a rampage and gun owners are in for an even more grueling battle than usual to protect their rights in California. Please do your part to defeat anti-gun legislation by joining forces with the CRPA. DON’T WAIT – ACT NOW TO OPPOSE anti-gun bills.
Call, e-mail, and/or write your state representative and the authors of anti-gun bills.
- State that you are a member of CRPA
- Be professional and courteous
- Be concise
- State what the issue is
- State your concerns
- State what action you are requesting
IMPORTANT NOTE: You may find that some senators and assembly members try to reject your contacts if you are not from their district. Please don’t be deterred by their attempts to silence you! Let them know that you have the right to contact them and that you will continue to contact them when there is a Second Amendment or hunting rights issue pending before the legislature.
IT IS A DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE HEARD – DON’T BE SILENCED!
Visit the Bill Status Update page here to view a complete list of all 47 bills, daily updates, and direct contact information for the bill authors and your state representative.
About:
The California Rifle and Pistol Association “CRPA,” founded in 1875, is dedicated to defending the rights of law-abiding citizens to responsibly use firearms for self-defense and the defense of their loved ones, for sport, and for all other legal activities. CRPA is the official state association of the National Rifle Association. A California non-profit association, CRPA is independently directed by its own Board of Directors. CRPA’s members include law enforcement officers, prosecutors, professionals, firearm experts, the general public, and loving parents. CRPA has always worked to reduce the criminal misuse of firearms and firearms accidents, while actively promoting and organizing the competitive shooting sports and Olympic training programs in California. We are proud to say that many CRPA competitors are among the best in the world. Visit: www.crpa.org