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I just got this from Turners. I don't know who lives down that
way, but would seem like a very bad thing should it get voted in.
With the Police getting killed up Oakland way, you know the
local politicos are going to be zeroing in on gun laws to get
the heat on their budgets, etc..>
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I see Turners got a heads up from the CalNRA Council's updates.
way, but would seem like a very bad thing should it get voted in.
With the Police getting killed up Oakland way, you know the
local politicos are going to be zeroing in on gun laws to get
the heat on their budgets, etc..>
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On Tuesday, March 24, the Long Beach City Council is set to vote on whether to proceed with drafting an ordinance which would force ammunition sellers in Long Beach to record the identity of all ammunition purchasers, as well as other details of the sales transaction. These records will then be collected and inspected by the Long Beach Police Department with the goal of identifying purchasers who are legally prohibited from possessing ammunition. The biggest ammunition seller in Long beach is probably a Big 5 Sporting Goods store located there.
The vote is the culmination of several hearings and motions on the matter held over a span of nearly two years. Representing the NRA and CRPA, the law office of Trutanich-Michel, LLP (TMLLP) has been working on defeating the proposed ordinance since it was first proposed in 2007 by State Assembly candidate Bonnie Lowenthal to generate publicity for her campaign for state office.
The California Association of Firearm Retailers has also weighed in against the proposal.
TMLLP lawyers have maintained constant correspondence with the City of Long Beach, both through letters and requests made pursuant to the Public Records Act (linked below). Lawyers from TMLLP also attended all Public Safety Committee hearings and Public Safety Advisory Commission meetings on the matter and voiced opposition.
This ordinance is bad policy. It does not make economic sense for the City of Long Beach since it will burden already struggling retailers and lessen tax revenue while increasing city expenses for enforcement. Collecting and managing the information is cumbersome and inefficient, and does not uncover violent criminals, but rather individuals who have unknowingly lost their right to own a gun because of botched paperwork. The results of previous ammo registration experiments have been so dismal that other cites have abandoned these schemes rather than pay to maintain them.
In reality, the proposed ordinance is another covert mechanism to intentionally hinder law-abiding citizens from exercising their Second Amendment rights. The gun ban lobby has been striving to enact ammunition regulation laws of late as a way to try to get around preemption restrictions and make firearms useless.
The vote is the culmination of several hearings and motions on the matter held over a span of nearly two years. Representing the NRA and CRPA, the law office of Trutanich-Michel, LLP (TMLLP) has been working on defeating the proposed ordinance since it was first proposed in 2007 by State Assembly candidate Bonnie Lowenthal to generate publicity for her campaign for state office.
The California Association of Firearm Retailers has also weighed in against the proposal.
TMLLP lawyers have maintained constant correspondence with the City of Long Beach, both through letters and requests made pursuant to the Public Records Act (linked below). Lawyers from TMLLP also attended all Public Safety Committee hearings and Public Safety Advisory Commission meetings on the matter and voiced opposition.
This ordinance is bad policy. It does not make economic sense for the City of Long Beach since it will burden already struggling retailers and lessen tax revenue while increasing city expenses for enforcement. Collecting and managing the information is cumbersome and inefficient, and does not uncover violent criminals, but rather individuals who have unknowingly lost their right to own a gun because of botched paperwork. The results of previous ammo registration experiments have been so dismal that other cites have abandoned these schemes rather than pay to maintain them.
In reality, the proposed ordinance is another covert mechanism to intentionally hinder law-abiding citizens from exercising their Second Amendment rights. The gun ban lobby has been striving to enact ammunition regulation laws of late as a way to try to get around preemption restrictions and make firearms useless.
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