Any California updates?
Oh, if you want to get rid of these serial numbers you don't even need that. This law is so utterly stupid. Drive a few hours to Nevada and buy it. Buy some serialized ammo, get a bullet puller, pull the bullet, rub it on a rough surface, and re-crimp it. Criminals could also steal some, or buy it from their criminal logistics friends.Serial numbers? We don't need no steenking numbers as long as we got wheelweights and molds.
While these two assinine proposals are quite visible and contested, how in the hell did it pass that ALL handguns in California will require mag disconnects in '06 and loaded chamber indicators in '07? How did these sneak through?
He means well. He's very active in foolish animal welfare bills, too. He had a bill that would prohibit veterinarians from declawing cats.by Paul Koertz a person I think is more dangerous and more bigoted than even Don Perata
Mr. Koretz has been informed quite clearly of the consequences of passing his bills. He knows. As much as I would wish it different, I cannot ascribe the persistent introduction of bills relating to guns in California to the stupidity/lack of information of the legislators.Paul Koretz is not like that.
The California Highway Patrol, Department of Corrections and local law enforcement agencies purchase an estimated 60 million rounds of handgun ammunition each year. SB 357's half-cent fee on each round sold will increase law enforcement ammunition costs by an estimated $300,000 annually. Ammunition costs to state and local agencies could increase as well if manufacturers raise their prices to offset increased manufacturing costs associated with serialization requirements.
Talk about optimism! I think the real figure will be $60mil or more, if the ammo is available at all. Also, wouldn't a box of cop-owned ammo be the ultimate thing to steal to frame someone? How do they plan to secure SIXTY MILLION ROUNDS OF AMMO every year? They have a few guns stolen every year already.The California Highway Patrol, Department of Corrections and local law enforcement agencies purchase an estimated 60 million rounds of handgun ammunition each year. SB 357's half-cent fee on each round sold will increase law enforcement ammunition costs by an estimated $300,000 annually. Ammunition costs to state and local agencies could increase as well if manufacturers raise their prices to offset increased manufacturing costs associated with serialization requirements.
The bill passed Assembly commitee, but doesn't it have to pass the Assembly too?
Absolutely correct! Even if your Senator or Assemblyman is a lost cause, write to him anyway. These guys are smart about where they spend their "political capital" and if they see that they have pro-freedom people in their own districts, they will be aware of it. Even if they only get a handful of letters, they know that there is opposition to this nonsense from within their own districts.My point is we must keep fighting this! Don't assume your Democratic Senator or Assemblymen is a lost cause!
The problem with this idea is that since there won't be any major companies making serialized ammo, any handgun ammo would automatically be suspect. So they search your ammo, find that it isn't serialized, arrest you, and convict you or plea bargain a felony for a suspended sentence with no jail time. The idea is to make felons out of gun owners, not reduce crime. Once the gunowner is a felon, he's a felon nationwide, not just in CA. He is no longer authorized to be a gunowner and he's an ex gunowner/Republican/Libertarian who can't even vote.Oh, if you want to get rid of these serial numbers you don't even need that. This law is so utterly stupid. Drive a few hours to Nevada and buy it. Buy some serialized ammo, get a bullet puller, pull the bullet, rub it on a rough surface, and re-crimp it. Criminals could also steal some, or buy it from their criminal logistics friends.
And hey, what do you think would happen if criminals get into the whole reloading thing? Well, if they're going to go to the trouble of loading their own illegal ammo, they might as well go all the way and start making steel-core handgun ammo. Police fatalities have gone down steadily since they started wearing vests. If criminals start reloading and figure out about steel-core or tungsten-core ammo, all these vests will be as effective as a t-shirt. So if this law gets more criminals into the handloading hobby, it could have some dangerous effects for our LEOs.
Ok, posession of unserialized bullets outside the home would be a crime, but police would be helpless to do anything. Are they going to get a warrant to take apart and examine every piece of ammo someone has? You could be walking around with unserialized ammo and there's nothing they can do about it until a bullet shows up in a crime.
This law is a solution that won't work to a problem that doesn't exist.