Laws and Requirements when buying Ammo

[CitiZen-75]

I'm a new handgun owner and recently I bought some ammo (.22lr & .40S&W) at Big 5 Sporting Goods.

Is it standard procedure that they check my I.D. and write down some personal information on some log book AND take my right thumbprint? Is this Big 5 policy? CA law? Are all the stores I go to going to log my personal info & thumbprint whenever I buy some ammo from them?

Thanks!

[Chaos47]

Are you perhaps located in Sacramento?

[madstyle1]

The city of sacramento requires it if you live there...

[DeadWhiteGoose]

Buy your ammo in Rancho

[Quiet]

That be local government and/or store policy.

There is no CA state requirement for any of that (logging info & thumbprint).

CA and Fed requirement = make sure they purchaser is 18+ years of age for rifle/shotgun ammo and 21+ years of age for handgun ammo.
So, a vendor may request to see ID for compliance with these requirements.

[dieselpower]

wow...had no idea Sac was that bad. Talk about Nazi Germany... whats next little symbols on your clothes identifying you as a gun owner..

[Bunsen]

One of the reasons I left Sac!

[CitiZen-75]

I'm in the Los Angeles (818) area.

I was just reading some law (AB 962) that would require logging personal info & thumbprint when buying handgun ammunitions. But that law was deemed unconstitutional and overturned before it took effect in 2011.

Since I've never bought ammo before, I just thought it was part of the process. I don't mind them checking my ID. I just believe writing the info down and taking a thumbprint was a little too much when buying ammo. I'll take my business elsewhere next time. Thanks.

[baih777]

i think its just Big5 in the LA area. if you go to a gun store, you just pay.

[acolytes]

Up next....DNA sample when you buy ammo. lol

[Librarian]

I believe it's also a City of LA law, similar to Sacramento.

[rplusplus]

Up next....DNA sample when you buy ammo. lol

I'll give em a sample... steaming in a brown paper bag.

[TacticalPlinker]

I believe it's also a City of LA law, similar to Sacramento.

Yeah. It is. I don't know exactly what cities the law effects or the exact details, but I've had to go through the same process when I bought ammo at Turners in Reseda.


EDIT://

I suggest you buy your ammunition outside the limits of this ridiculous law. I can't speak for you, but...

I'm not a criminal and I don't use my legally owned firearms, or legally owned ammunition, for illegal purposes.

As a law abiding citizen, it's none of any government(s) f**king business what ammunition I buy, how much ammunition I buy, where and when I buy my ammunition, or how I use my ammunition.

[canative]

I've bought ammo here in San Jose at a couple of different Big 5 stores and have never been asked to show id or thumbprint.

[trigger945]

Turners in Pasadena does not have those requirements. They're nice there too