CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE ALERT
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NRA SPONSORS LEGISLATION TO REPEAL AB962!
Earlier this year, Assemblyman Curt Hagman introduced Assembly Bill 373 related to the sales of handguns. AB373 was sponsored by the National Rifle Association in order to streamline the ability for law-abiding Californians to purchase handguns.
Now that Governor Schwarzenegger has signed AB962 into law, people are already becoming aware of the damage that it will do to California and it's citizens. Therefore, the NRA and Assemblyman Hagman have agreed to amend AB373 into legislation that would repeal AB962. The newly amended AB373 will be heard in the State Legislature in January of 2010 so we must be ready for these hearings.
All of California's firearms owners, dealers, shooters, hunters, collectors, clubs/organizations, and ammunition vendors, should be prepared to join in this effort to repeal AB962. This will not be an easy fight, but it is possible to win if we all stick together and act in an organized manner.
We, the NRA, will have specific activities that everyone can participate in during this important effort. Please stand-by and be prepared to help. There is no good reason not to be part of the team.
Read the NRA-ILA News Release regarding Governor Schwarzenegger's counter-productive signing of AB962 Here
As a first-step in this process; please contact Assemblyman Curt Hagman and thank him for demonstrating his leadership by using his legislation (AB373) for this very important effort to repeal AB962. His office phone number is 916-319-2060 and you can email him Here
More to come.................
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H Paul Payne said:CALNRA: LETTERS TO THE LEGISLATURE SUPPORTING AB373 (Updated: Online petition!)
Almost everyone now knows that the NRA is currently engaged in an effort to repeal the ammunition buyer registration scheme (AB962), that Governor Schwarzenegger signed into law, by passing AB373 next year.
As you might have heard NRA-ILA CA State Liaison Ed Worley say on NRANEWS.com , we are planning to deliver a huge number of support letters to the Capitol during the Legislative Hearings on AB373 in January 2010.
We can't do this alone. We need everyone to get together and help us gather the volume necessary to be heard. And we want our message to be so "loud" that EVERYONE hears it.
Please download the letter at this link: http://www.calnra.com/doc/supportab373.pdf and print as many copies as you wish. Circulate these letters and send them back to me as soon as possible. Distribute them at gun clubs, Members' Councils, gun shows, gun stores, and anywhere else you can think of.
EDIT/UPDATE: Mike Haas was up all night creating an online petition version of the AB373 support letter. Go to http://www.calnra.com/petition/ to sign the letter of support online.
Forward this message to every list of gun owners that you have. Send it to everyone!
I would like to have tens-of-thousands of these letters to drop on the Capitol during the first hearing!
Please help us continue to fight for our Second Amendment freedoms here in the Golden State.
BTW, for those of you looking for the exact text of AB373, the language has not been returned by the legislature yet. We will post the actual text of AB373 when it officially exists.
Currently, we are out-in-front of everything on this and that is where I want to stay.
Paul
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... find the full text of AB373? I've done a couple of quick searches and the bills I've found are not firearms ralated.
Thank you again to everyone that has signed. If you have not done so please take a minute and Sign HereOriginally posted by mikehaas: 1005 !
I stand corrected. I had seen that text, but it does not seem related to "the sales of handguns... to streamline the ability for law-abiding Californians to purchase handguns." Will that be in the amendment to the bill?
Ive written hard copy letters, Emails, called and did the online signature. As well as my g/f and a few friends at work.
No longer in CA but I feel for you guys. Were all in this together. Is there a donation link somewhere? Id like to help the guys investing the long hours fighting this for "ALL" of us.
Originally posted by mikehaas: Number of signers is now displayed on the petition opening page.