LOS ANGELES – California voters will decide Tuesday whether to approve a gun- and ammunition-control initiative, the provisions of which include prohibiting the possession of large-capacity magazines.
In addition to requiring the destruction or removal from the state of large-capacity ammunition magazines, Proposition 63 would also require most individuals to pass background checks and obtain Department of Justice authorization to purchase ammunition.
The measure also:
- Requires most ammunition sales be made through licensed ammunition vendors and reported to Department of Justice;
- Requires lost or stolen firearms and ammunition be reported to law enforcement;
- Prohibits people convicted of stealing a firearm from possessing firearms;
- Establishes procedures for enforcing laws prohibiting firearm possession by felons and violent criminals; and
- Requires the Department of Justice to provide information about prohibited people to the federal National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Passage of the initiative would result in increased state costs in the tens of millions of dollars annually related to regulating ammunition sales, likely offset by various regulatory fees authorized by the measure, according to an analysis conducted by the Legislative Analyst’s Office and Department of Finance.
There would also be an increase in court and law enforcement costs, not likely to exceed the tens of millions of dollars annually, related to removing firearms from prohibited people as part of court sentencing proceedings. These costs could be offset to some extent by fees authorized by the measure, the analysis found.
There would also be a potential increase in state and local correctional costs, not likely to exceed the low millions of dollars annually, related to new and increased penalties, according to the analysis.
“The Safety for All initiative will save lives by making it much harder for dangerous people to get guns and ammunition in California,” said its author, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, a 2018 candidate for governor.
Michele Hanisee, president of the Association of Los Angeles Deputy District Attorneys, said the initiative “seems designed to raise Newsom’s public profile, because in reality it will do nothing to prevent mass shootings in this state nor will it have any positive effects on the safety of California residents.”
“Since ammunition will still be legal to possess, albeit more difficult to acquire, the measure does nothing to stop criminals who commit murder, which, of course, is already illegal,” Hanisee said. “It will only affect the law abiding citizens.
“It is bad public policy to enact laws which the vast majority of Californians will simply, consciously, ignore. And it is worse public policy to enact measures which will not accomplish the goals they claim,” Hanisee said.
Read more about Proposition 63 at: http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/en/propositions/63/.
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callingitasitis says
@ Tom
No Tom. Just stick around and watched the carnage to come when the liberal progressive propositions pass. It will be better than anything on TV, just sorry for the COPS. They can boiler plate those reports with boxes and pick up the bodies. Chicago style. Another liberal progressive city. Gun control NOT crime control is their motto. I got my seat
2nd Amendment Supporter says
Is there a provision in this proposition from preventing irresponsible people from having concealed weapons permits? We have a mayor and his wife in Lancaster who have concealed weapons yet one of them tried to board a plane with a gun and the other made up some nutty story about it. I am very concerned that irresponsible people are walking around with guns.
Tom says
The only major change is the ammo sales, California already has a ban on magazines over 10 rounds, felons are banned from owning firearms as well as those found guilty of domestic violence. If this passes, ammo sales will be out of control, gun dealers will over charge like they currently do. I sure hope people see the truth just another way too screw the citizens that do it right. Arizona is four hours away, Californians may not be able to buy guns, but we can sure buy ammo there. I’m scheduling a trip, anyone in?
William says
Oh, Tom
Why don’t you just move there? You can open-carry to your heart’s content.
What keeps you in California, that evil, ‘librul’ state of mind? Egads!
Pack yourself up and move. Or is your life about constantly whining and complaining and not doing what you need to do and get out of here?
You’ll find many of your own kind there. Enjoy.
Pooky says
That sounds great about making sure people who have stolen a firearm from legally having a firearm…. because those people are obliviously going to not posses one when a law is imposed…. but a law about stealing is not followed.
callingitasitis says
Per the current law it is already a felony for a felon to possess ammunition.
Per the current law felons, mentally ill and narcotic addicts are prohibit to possession firearms.
So what will this law ready change about criminals, who by their very nature do not obey the law. Nothing.
Maybe we should really enforce the current law on the books, but that would mean we would start filling our prison again. A fact the federal courts already telling us we have too many people in prison. It is just another end run on the 2nd amendment under the public safety false narrative. If this politico hack really care about public safety they would enhance the time of felons in possession of firearms and ammunition and prohibit felons from a grant of any probation or suspended execution of sentence orders from the courts. No early releases
Our politico hacks should assure that the mental health community SHALL share the information about people who have been found a danger to them self and others, a no buy list. How about arresting those prohibit person after they attempt to buy fire arms or ammunition.
The laws on the books are only as GOOD as their enforcement and real punishment.
Prohibit persons should have it printed on the face of their California ID/ driver license.
Roy Mayhugh says
The following events are true. They happened Jun 18, 2016 at my home in Ridgecrest.
I’m relaxing when I heard a commotion outside my front window. I look up and see two groups of men poised for a fight. Each holds something in his hand with the clear intent of doing serious harm to another.
One is walking up the walk toward my front door. He holds a gun in his hand.
As I’m opening the gun safe a shot rings out. I load my gun and call 911.
One of them forces his way through the front door.
Is he armed? Who is he? What does he want? Will I have to shoot?
He sees my gun and tells me to give it to him.
I tell him NO!
He backs off and asks me to call the police. And he does not appear to be armed. Thank you Lord!
I positioned myself so that I am between my family and the intruder and can see both the front and back doors.
I update the 911 operator and advise her others are running from the front yard toward the back looking for a way to get inside.
Police are going after the shooter outside. I’m on my own for the next eight minutes – this seems like an eternity.
Finally the police are at my front door. The intruder is taken away. Police soon have the shooter in custody a few blocks away. Both are off to jail. Most important, no one is seriously hurt.
Thank you Police!
What would you do if you found yourself in this situation? Are you prepared – I was not. I hadn’t fired my gun in many years. I hadn’t thought about home security. I took the Police for granted. I assumed they would always be around to protect me.
This could have been children in a classroom, shoppers in a store or it could have been your family at home. In nearly all active shooter scenarios people are on their own during the most critical first minutes.
Proposition 63 – the Firearms Ammunition Sales initiative, if passed, will make it much harder for law abiding citizens to protect themselves and their families.
Proposition 63 dramatically increases the cost and complexity of buying ammunition and it will make the ownership of many gun models illegal including the majority of modern guns best for self defense.
This proposition does nothing to keep guns out of the hands of those that should not have them.
And it does nothing to improve the safe use of guns.
I get that some have an intense fear of guns and simply “wish them away” but this is not realistic.
The truth is that guns exist, bad guys have them and law abiding citizens might find themselves on their own.
Please vote NO on proposition 63.
William says
The Second Amendment begins with “A well-regulated…..” Those 3 words seem to be invisible to you, the NRA and most ammosexuals.
Consider that on several occasions in the last few years, well-armed and trained police officers have been shot dead in their patrol cars, in a restaurant in Las Vegas and elsewhere. But, the ammosexuals think that if they carry in a movie theater they will be safe.
If I recall correctly, the guy that killed dozens of school children at Sandyhook and his gun owning mother got them from her who had them legally.
I guess elementary school kids should now carry to protect themselves. The NRA has made it possible for there to be almost as many guns as people in this country and then they use that to justify everybody carrying. And, yet they resist universal background checks which make ‘bad’ guys having guns so much easier thereby making it necessary for the so-called ‘good’ guys to need them for protection. That’s called a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Oh, well. Carry on.
Laughing says
I agree, the government should use our tax dollars to offer every firearm owner the opportunity to learn combat weapon basics at least once a year as was discussed back when the 2nd was drafted.
As to feeling safe. I rarely hear a gun carrier using that phrase, what I usually hear is that it allows them to hopefully take out the ‘bad man’ before he injures or kills too many people (assuming also themselves). This is based on facts that it will take officers several minutes to respond to the scene.
I have been shooting since before school age. Started with a black powder cork shooter bought at an amusement park of all places. Times have changed, so has the idea of basic accountability of the person. We need to bring back accountability at a personal level. That starts at home, then in school.
SMHX2 says
Yes on 63, let’s slow down these crackers- about time. You want to operate a weapon? Join the military and don’t whine about your amendment rights you “whiny little bitchxx!
troll hunter says
So, according to your “logic”, if someone wants to spew an idiotic opinion, they should work for a “news” paper.
SMHX2 says
Wonderful logic, because words can kill. What a moron.