The folks at firearms policy.org have a copy of California Senator Leland Yee’s Bills SB 47 (new ‘Assault Weapons’ ban) and SB 108 (mandatory safe storage). Click here. Not good. “It appears that Sen. Yee’s SB 47 will create a new category of California Assault Weapons that effectively reaches all semi-automatic centerfire rifles and shotguns which do not have “an ammunition feeding device contained in, or permanently attached to, a firearm in such a manner that the device cannot be removed without disassembly of the firearm action.” Owners of existing ‘bullet button’ and similarly ‘maglocked’ firearms would be required to register with the California Department of Justice by July 1, 2014, including submission of the owner’s thumbprint. This, obviously, has severe implications for California gun owners and dealers.” Ya think? There is some good news, though . . .
The Legislature finds a significant purpose in exempting from the definition of ‘assault weapons’ pistols that are designated expressly for use in Olympic Target Shooting Events.
Whew!
Typical disarmament nonsense. Two major bans nestled in all this crap:
1: “…they can carry the LCM in that pistol, but only loaded with 10 bullets. Moreover, under no circumstances can the LCM in such pistol extend below the pistol grip.”
– Bans ALL modern, standard capacity polymer handguns. Block, HK, etc all have some sort of magazine baseplate that “extends” below the pistol grip.
2: “The bill bans the sale of armor piercing ammunition, and makes it a class D felony to carry a firearm loaded with any such ammunition.”
– Bans ALL center fire rifles of reasonable calibre. It does not specifically call out steel core or special penetrators, just armor piercing. To all those hunters who support an “assault rifle” and “high-capacity” magazine ban, your “sniper rifle” is next.