Modern Collection

GOC LEGISLATIVE SOS

Not content to pursue an expansion of gun control in the more traditional
sense where a bill would go through a series of public hearings,
the Legislature is using the Governor’s budget to circumvent transparency
as a means to do some 2^nd Amendment damage.

WHAT’S GOING ON:

Inserted in the 93 pages of the Assembly’s 2020 Budget Public Safety
“trailer bill” ([1]AB 88) is language that significantly expands the
definition of assault weapons to include firearms that are not rifles,
shotguns or handguns (typically including firearms that do not have a
shoulder stock). The bill also mandates a new statewide electronic system
for the sale of firearm precursor parts that is similar to both the Dealer
Record of Sales and the ammunition purchase approval systems. That means
the DOJ has the authority to define what constitutes a firearm precursor
part. The bill also limits the purchases of precursor parts to one every 30
days and accelerates the date of implementation from 2024 to July 1, 2022.

GOC is strongly opposed to AB 88 and the Senate’s companion measure ([2]SB
118).

Mandating that the Department of Justice launch yet another data collection
system when they haven’t been able to efficiently operate the existing
Dealer Record of Sale and ammunition registration systems is madness. There
are innumerable recorded cases of persistent and erroneous denials of
lawful citizens being able to purchase firearms and ammunition (e-mail your
horror story to [3][email protected]). Expecting a different outcome is
mind-numbing.

WHY THIS IS AN END RUN:

Putting such language into a trailer bill (the tool that implements
specific changes to the law in order to enact the State Budget) is a giant
middle finger to California’s citizens because it makes it extremely
difficult for anyone to express opposition. COVID-19 restricts in person
testimony and last night, over 1,000 callers flooded the phone lines – and
most were told by a recording to hang up. It’s clear to GOC that the
Legislature is using the coronavirus and the budget to bypass public
testimony.

We know both bills will soon be on the Governor’s desk, and regardless of
the obstacles that have been placed in our way, we will never stop MAKING
NOISE as we represent the 2nd Amendment community.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

With the loss of our fundraising banquets, we need your help, MORE THAN
EVER! [4]DONATE TODAY TO HELP US DEFEND YOU RIGHTS AT THE CAPITOL, AND IN
THE COURTS!

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