Last week a bill that would require ammunition manufacturers to stamp serial numbers on all handgun ammo and retailers to collect ID info via driver's license for ammo sales began moving through the legislature. It is sponsored by that enemy of private firearm ownership, the California attorney general Bill Lockyer [may he fry in hell]. The bill passed the senate Public Safety Commitee on a 4-2 vote after a very brief hearing. The bill is co-authored by the senate leader Dan Peralta D-Oakland [what IS it with the SF Bay Area?] and Sen. Joe Dunn D-Garden Grove. The guvernator reportedly has "no position" on the bill.
"The technology now exists to laser-cut each bullet with a serial number, said Sen. Joseph Dunn, D-Garden Grove, who is carrying the bill. Police would immediately be able to trace who purchased bullets used in crimes. Purchasers would pay up to a halfpenny per bullet to fund record-keeping by the state Department of Justice on every handgun-caliber bullet made or sold in California. Vendors would pay up to $50 a year to register. Rifle ammunition would be exempted, though some calibers are used in both handguns and long guns."
""We'll solve a lot of crimes if this becomes law," said Attorney General Bill Lockyer, who supported the bill. "This proposal is kind of like DNA science applied to ballistics."
"He acknowledged criminals could find ways around the law, but said milk, medicine, soda cans and most other things sold in stores have identification numbers. "Why not bullets?" he said."
[Uh let's see, controlling and tracking ammo sales is infringing on the 2nd amendment which does not protect milk, medicine and soda cans for a start.]
and MOST interestingly..
"Lawrence Keane, general counsel of the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute Inc., said American manufacturers produce 8 billion bullets a year, 15 million a day. They would have to either stop selling in California or rebuild ammunition plants at a cost of hundred of millions of dollars, he said, disputing far lower cost estimates by proponents."
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In other gun news the US Supreme court ruled over Bush administration objections that people convicted of crimes overseas can still own guns in the US. The court decided that US law which prohibits felons who have been convicted in "any court" from owning guns only applies to crimes committed in the US and against US laws.
WHY is the Bush administration [of all people] trying to do this? Talk about schizophrenic. Next thing you know they'll be calling for prosecution of US servicemembers in the world court : ).
Sasquatch
"The technology now exists to laser-cut each bullet with a serial number, said Sen. Joseph Dunn, D-Garden Grove, who is carrying the bill. Police would immediately be able to trace who purchased bullets used in crimes. Purchasers would pay up to a halfpenny per bullet to fund record-keeping by the state Department of Justice on every handgun-caliber bullet made or sold in California. Vendors would pay up to $50 a year to register. Rifle ammunition would be exempted, though some calibers are used in both handguns and long guns."
""We'll solve a lot of crimes if this becomes law," said Attorney General Bill Lockyer, who supported the bill. "This proposal is kind of like DNA science applied to ballistics."
"He acknowledged criminals could find ways around the law, but said milk, medicine, soda cans and most other things sold in stores have identification numbers. "Why not bullets?" he said."
[Uh let's see, controlling and tracking ammo sales is infringing on the 2nd amendment which does not protect milk, medicine and soda cans for a start.]
and MOST interestingly..
"Lawrence Keane, general counsel of the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute Inc., said American manufacturers produce 8 billion bullets a year, 15 million a day. They would have to either stop selling in California or rebuild ammunition plants at a cost of hundred of millions of dollars, he said, disputing far lower cost estimates by proponents."
www.freerepublic.com/focus/f...03/posts
In other gun news the US Supreme court ruled over Bush administration objections that people convicted of crimes overseas can still own guns in the US. The court decided that US law which prohibits felons who have been convicted in "any court" from owning guns only applies to crimes committed in the US and against US laws.
WHY is the Bush administration [of all people] trying to do this? Talk about schizophrenic. Next thing you know they'll be calling for prosecution of US servicemembers in the world court : ).
Sasquatch
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