"To the Members of the California State Assembly: I am signing Assembly Bill 962.This guy can kiss my ass and stand in line to do it behind the other Hollywood poser who got rich glamorizing gun use--anti-gunner Sylvester Stallone.
This measure would require vendors of handgun ammunition to keep a log of information on handgun ammunition sales, store ammunition in a safe and secure manner, and require the face to-face transfer of ammunition sales.
Although I have previously vetoed legislation similar to this measure, local governments have demonstrated that requiring ammunition vendors to keep records on ammunition sales improves public safety. These records have allowed law enforcement to arrest and prosecute persons who have no business possessing firearms and ammunition: gang members, violent parolees, second and third strikers, and even people previously serving time in state prison for murder.
Utilized properly, this type of information is invaluable for keeping communities safe and preventing dangerous felons from committing crimes with firearms.
Moreover, this type of record keeping is no more intrusive for law abiding citizens than similar laws governing pawnshops or the sale of cold medicine. Unfortunately, even the most successful local program is flawed; without a statewide law, felons can easily skirt the record keeping requirements of one city by visiting another. Assembly Bill 962 will fix this problem by
mandating that all ammunition vendors in the state keep records on ammunition sales.
As Governor, I have sought the appropriate balance between public safety and the right to keep and bear arms. I have signed important public safety measures to regulate the sale and transfer of .50 caliber rifles, instituted the California Firearms License Check program, and promoted the use of microstamping technology in handguns. I have also vetoed many pieces of legislation that sought to place unreasonable restrictions and burdens on firearms dealers and ammunition vendors.
Assembly Bill 962 reasonably regulates access to ammunition and improves public safety without placing undue burdens on consumers. For these reasons, I am pleased to sign this bill."
Stallone, however, is just a pansy punk who lives in Britain, a place where only the government and the criminals--and presumably his bodyguard team--can have guns. Schwarzennegger, on the other hand, took an oath to support and defend the constitutional rights of California citizens, and with this shameful act, he just slammed every Californian gun owner in the ass. I really don't see this from keeping a single bad guy from getting ammo but countless junior and youth shooting programs across the state that use .22lr rifles just got wiped out.
And in keeping with his "screw the people" theme, the Governator also signed legislation today abolishing the state holiday in honor of Abraham Lincoln's birthday and creating a new state holiday in the name of dead gay city councilman Harvey Milk.
Seriously folks, I can't make stuff like this up.
Come on, give me a break. This country is losing its damn mind.
ReplyDeleteI just love this line:
"local governments have demonstrated that requiring ammunition vendors to keep records on ammunition sales improves public safety. These records have allowed law enforcement to arrest and prosecute persons who have no business possessing firearms and ammunition".
Riiighttt...because you know that if the criminals have to go and buy ammo face to face, they are less likely to commit crimes.
And, I would love to see this so called, "demonstration" of this procedure actually helping the local police catch criminals. How about we spend our money identifying illegal aliens rather than who is buying ammo? Maybe that would be a nice start of there Mr. Term.
This is such a bunch of BS, just like everything else that comes out of every out of touch politician in office these days.
I think they should all have psych evaluations before being sworn into office because it is becoming apparent that these people are either latently insane or they are being manipulated by someone...either way, they are not fit to serve when they make such sweeping assinine mandates.
I fear for the direction of this country over the next few years, I really do.
It feels like more and more we are just watching common sense and the principles this country was founded on just swirl down the toilet every day like they mean nothing more than a dead goldfish.
We can at least hope for the best though, right? If people get upset enough about it is there something they can do? I don't know enough to say so myself.
ReplyDelete"Moreover, this type of record keeping is no more intrusive for law abiding citizens than similar laws governing pawnshops or the sale of cold medicine."
ReplyDeleteThis type of justification is just the type of thing that allows injustice to creep into society. As if the laws governing pawnshops and cold meds are a good thing. They aren't.
I hope the people wake up and recognize what is happening before it is too late.
I can't say what I want to say about the bill or the Governator in a public forum.
ReplyDeleteOh, and last time I checked I wasn't required to give ID and a thumbprint to buy cold medicine.
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