California AB962 is dead!

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AB962 has been overturned by the Superior Court of Fresno County. It was ruled to be unconstitutionally vague. There was no clear understanding of what was included in "Handgun Ammunition."

This was the law that would have prohibited internet and mail order sales of handgun ammunition after February 1st. It also required that ammo sellers take the fingerprint and ID information of all the buyers along with what exact ammunition they were buying and keep records for police to examine.

Mark one up for the good guys!

http://www.crpa.org/_e/page/1597/mr01_18_2011.htm

"....In a dramatic ruling giving gun owners a win in an National Rifle Association/California Rifle and Pistol (CRPA) Foundation lawsuit, this morning Fresno Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Hamilton ruled that AB 962, the hotly contested statute that would have banned mail order ammunition sales and required all purchases of so called "handgun ammunition” to be registered, was unconstitutionally vague on its face. The Court enjoined enforcement of the statute, so mail order ammunition sales to California can continue unabated, and ammunition sales need not be registered under the law.

The lawsuit was prompted in part by the many objections and questions raised by confused police, ammunition purchasers, and sellers about what ammunition is covered by the new laws created by AB 962....."​
 
In the short term this is great. In the long term the state will either form a specific list of covered ammo or extend the law to ALL ammunition. It won't seem like such a victory then.

I'd like to have the law overturned on RKBA or interstate commerce grounds, something permanent.
 
Good riddance to bad legislation. Rest assured that they gun-banners will be back with a rewritten bill.

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Since ther are legal handguns capable of firing various rifle cartridges (T/C Contender and others) and many common pistol cartridges (.357/44 Mag, 9mm, etc.) are used in rifles, redefining what "handgun ammunition" is would be difficult.

We won this battle, but the war is not over.
 
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