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4th April 2013, 11:02 AM
Bill requiring ID for the purchase of ammunition passed by California Assembly committee The bill was passed on party lines by the seven-member Public Safety Committee, but groups who spoke out against the the measure included the California Association of Federal Firearms Licensees, the National Rifle Association of America and the California Rifle and Pistol Association.
Gun control advocates have a new target: bullets.
A bill requiring California residents to produce identification when purchasing ammunition cleared an Assembly committee on Monday.
Sponsored by Berkeley Democrat Nancy Skinner, AB 48 also requires dealers selling ammunition to be licensed in the state, for federal and local officials to be notified when an individual purchases more than 3,000 bullets over a five-day period and prohibits the sale of kits that help convert conventional firearms into semi-automatic weapons.
Skinner points to James Holmes’ Aurora, Colo. theater massacre that left 12 dead and 58 injured as an example of a crime that might have been prevented by her bill.
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http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1306035.1364941623%21/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/165269895.jpg Justin Sullivan/Getty Images California State lawmakers are introducing several bills that propose taxing and regulating sales of ammunition, including AB 48, which would require people purchasing bullets to produce identification.
“In the case of Aurora, Holmes had a history of mental illness, and amassed 6,000 rounds of ammunition in a four to five day period,” Skinner told the Daily News. “Under this law, local law enforcement would have been notified.”
Similarly, Skinner said, One L. Goh’s rampage at Oakland’s Oikos University that killed seven might also have been prevented. Goh used a conversion kit to fashion his own semi-automatic weapon, circumventing California’s existing assault weapons ban.
Though she concedes that no single gun control measure will be entirely effective in prevent future mass shootings, Skinner said that her bill was a start.
“We’re trying to make it just a little bit more difficult for someone to be able to carry out a mass shooting,” Skinner said.
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http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1306032.1364941569%21/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/165269887.jpg Justin Sullivan/Getty Images AB 48 would also require sellers of ammunition to obtain licenses.
The bill was opposed by the two Republicans on the Public Safety Committee, but supported by its five Democrats.
Groups that spoke out against the measure included the California Association of Federal Firearms Licensees, the National Rifle Association of America and the California Rifle and Pistol Association.
“Under AB 48, sporting goods stores, general stores, and shooting ranges that do not sell firearms would be BANNED from selling ammunition on a widespread basis throughout the state,” the San Fernando Valley chapter of the NRA said on its website. “This would effectively put many ranges out of business!”
Skinner argues that the public is demanding that legislators take action to make the state safer.
“Polls show that Californians want additional measures enacted on guns to keep these mass shootings from happening,” Skinner said.
The bill still must be voted on by the full Assembly before it has a chance of becoming law, but Skinner says she is “optimistic.”
Gun control advocates have a new target: bullets.
A bill requiring California residents to produce identification when purchasing ammunition cleared an Assembly committee on Monday.
Sponsored by Berkeley Democrat Nancy Skinner, AB 48 also requires dealers selling ammunition to be licensed in the state, for federal and local officials to be notified when an individual purchases more than 3,000 bullets over a five-day period and prohibits the sale of kits that help convert conventional firearms into semi-automatic weapons.
Skinner points to James Holmes’ Aurora, Colo. theater massacre that left 12 dead and 58 injured as an example of a crime that might have been prevented by her bill.
RELATED: CONN. LAWMAKERS REACH DEAL ON GUN CONTROL PROPOSAL (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/conn-lawmakers-reach-deal-gun-control-proposal-article-1.1305090)
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1306035.1364941623%21/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/165269895.jpg Justin Sullivan/Getty Images California State lawmakers are introducing several bills that propose taxing and regulating sales of ammunition, including AB 48, which would require people purchasing bullets to produce identification.
“In the case of Aurora, Holmes had a history of mental illness, and amassed 6,000 rounds of ammunition in a four to five day period,” Skinner told the Daily News. “Under this law, local law enforcement would have been notified.”
Similarly, Skinner said, One L. Goh’s rampage at Oakland’s Oikos University that killed seven might also have been prevented. Goh used a conversion kit to fashion his own semi-automatic weapon, circumventing California’s existing assault weapons ban.
Though she concedes that no single gun control measure will be entirely effective in prevent future mass shootings, Skinner said that her bill was a start.
“We’re trying to make it just a little bit more difficult for someone to be able to carry out a mass shooting,” Skinner said.
RELATED: GA. CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO REQUIRE GUN OWNERSHIP (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ga-city-council-votes-require-gun-ownership-article-1.1305331)
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1306032.1364941569%21/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/165269887.jpg Justin Sullivan/Getty Images AB 48 would also require sellers of ammunition to obtain licenses.
The bill was opposed by the two Republicans on the Public Safety Committee, but supported by its five Democrats.
Groups that spoke out against the measure included the California Association of Federal Firearms Licensees, the National Rifle Association of America and the California Rifle and Pistol Association.
“Under AB 48, sporting goods stores, general stores, and shooting ranges that do not sell firearms would be BANNED from selling ammunition on a widespread basis throughout the state,” the San Fernando Valley chapter of the NRA said on its website. “This would effectively put many ranges out of business!”
Skinner argues that the public is demanding that legislators take action to make the state safer.
“Polls show that Californians want additional measures enacted on guns to keep these mass shootings from happening,” Skinner said.
The bill still must be voted on by the full Assembly before it has a chance of becoming law, but Skinner says she is “optimistic.”