California Pushes Bill To Regulate Sale Of Ammunition…
Good grief.
From NBC:
The massacre in Newton, Conn., and other mass shootings have prompted for a call to curb gun violence.
California assembly member Nancy Skinner answered that call with a proposal to restrict ammunition sales in the state.
“2,800 people in California were killed last year by gunfire,” Skinner said. “It is easier to buy bullets than cough medicine or alcohol. It should not be that easy. We need to have much more scrutiny when it comes to the purchase of guns.”
Monday she unveiled Assembly Bill 48. It would require bullet buyers to show identification. It would also require ammunition dealers to be licensed and report all sales to the department of justice.
Emmeryville police chief Ken James supports the tighter restrictions.
”Right now you can buy bullets in any store and the sale is not recorded”, James said. “Gun violence will continue unless we control the sale of bullets.”
Oakland mayor Jean Quan also said she supports the bill and that Oakland has seen too much gun violence and the changes may help.
The so-called “bullet bill” would also ban kits to convert ammunition clips into high-capacity magazines. At the same time, this debate goes on some are questioning why a new gun shop is now open for business In Los Gatos.
Where to start with these morons?
First, it is not “easier” to buy bullets than cough medicine-it’s the same. You pick your purchase and pay for it. In fact, where I live, it’s harder because bullets are locked in a case and a store employee carries the ammo to the cashier. You don’t get access to the ammo until after you purchase it.
Second, for a police chief, Ken James is an idiot. Gun violence, and violence in general, will continue even if you “control the sale of bullets”.
Furthermore, what good will recording the information of people who purchase ammunition do to curbing violence. All that does is create a data base of law abiding citizens while criminals either steal the rounds they need, purchase them through a third party or have a mule make the purchase then deliver the rounds to the criminal.
I swear, it doesn’t take that much common sense to figure this stuff out, people. God!! More idiotic, useless laws and regulations are not going to fix the problem.
