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Why You Should
Vote No On California’s Proposition 63
Friday, October 7, 2016
by Kimberly Rhode, Six-Time
Olympic Shooting Medalist
California’s
Proposition 63, if passed by voters in November, will fundamentally change how
law-abiding citizens can purchase and transport ammunition in the state. In my
opinion, based on 27 years of shooting nearly every day, this measure will only
serve to make California residents less safe. And if you think this sort of
effort will end with California, think again.
Consider
these important factors:
Proposition
63, effective Jan. 1, 2018, will
require all ammunition sales (with few exceptions) to be conducted through an
“ammunition vendor.” This means you cannot sell any ammunition to your
neighbor or sibling unless a licensed ammunition vendor performs the transfer.
And if you want to sell more than 500 rounds in a 30-day period, you must
become a licensed ammunition vendor. These transactions must also be done
face-to-face—no mail order.
Proposition
63 requires a background
check to purchase ammunition. You will have to pay a fee of up to $50
and wait up to 30 days every four years for your application to purchase
ammunition to be processed. Then, each time you purchase ammunition, the vendor
will have to verify that you are who you say you are, and that you have the
proper authorization in the state’s system.
Proposition
63 requires you to provide
the vendor personal information each time you purchase ammunition, and
it will be recorded/registered by the California Department of Justice
indefinitely. One scary thought: This opens the door for more identify theft
and computer hacking.
Proposition
63 does not allow residents
of California to bring ammunition obtained from out of state back into
California. So if you drive to a competition in Arizona and order
several cases of ammo but don’t shoot it all, you cannot bring the remainder
back into the state. Interestingly, it does not apply to
nonresidents of California. So nonresidents have no restrictions on bringing
ammunition into California, and they can sell to California residents if they
go through a licensed vendor. Out-of-state terrorists, drug dealers, gang
members and convicted felons can bring ammunition into California all they
want. Who’s to oversee how much they bring into the state and how it is used?
This tells you how fundamentally twisted this proposition really is. It will
cause the police and the state to divert resources to monitor law-abiding
citizens that are not causing any problems, but will do nothing to stop
criminals.
As you
can see, Prop 63 is a very bad proposal that Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom wants you to
believe will keep guns and ammunition out of the wrong hands. The problem is,
buried in Proposition 63’s 34 pages of fine print are oppressive restrictions
on the purchase and transporting of ammunition by all Californians.
Proposition 63 will do nothing to stop violent criminals from having guns and
ammunition, and will be very costly to law-abiding citizens who want or need to
purchase ammunition for recreation, home defense and competition.
Only
bureaucrats would believe that criminals and terrorists would jump through
these hoops to buy ammunition. The enormous expense and time to enforce this
proposition will fall on the taxpayers. Fact is, this proposal is nothing more
than an anti-gun power grab: Newsom hasn’t gotten us to give up our guns, so
he’s trying to take away our ammunition instead.
The U.S.
Constitution and the Bill of Rights are the DNA of our country, and our Second
Amendment says that we have the right to keep and bear arms, and that that
right shall not be infringed. That is what secures our freedoms and makes our
country special. Politicians like Newsom should not be infringing on those
rights. And make no mistake: This proposition is a WHOPPER of an
“infringement” on our constitutional rights.
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Proposition
63 has two main focuses: First, to initiate background checks before purchasing
ammunition, and second, to ban large-capacity magazines. Both of these issues
have already been addressed by recent legislation passed and signed into law
last month. But Newsom, who has his eye on being elected the next governor,
apparently thinks this will help him come election time.
Read your
voter guide on Proposition 63 and you will see that this proposition is opposed
by law enforcement, including, “The California State Sheriffs’ Association,
Association of Deputy District Attorneys for Los Angeles County, California
Correctional Peace Officers Association, California Fish & Game Wardens’
Association, California Reserve Peace Officers Association, and numerous other
law enforcement and civic groups, representing tens of thousands of public
safety professionals throughout California …” because it will divert their
resources from pursuing real criminals to trying to enforce laws on law-abiding
gun owners purchasing ammunition.
This proposition
will not make us more “safe,” but it will be a huge burden for
competitive shooters and sportsmen. I don’t know of any range in the state that
sells the type of shotgun ammunition that an international shotgun shooter like
myself would shoot. And if, by chance, someone had the ammo,
they do not stock nearly enough for real training purposes. How will the
younger generations of competitive shooters be able to train and compete in
their sports with these severe limits on resources?
What I’ve
outlined here is just the tip of the iceberg. There are so many questions on
what different parts of the 34-page proposition actually mean that even lawyers
are struggling to understand. We cannot let Proposition 63 pass on Nov. 8. It
is imperative that we defeat it, because once passed, it will be virtually
impossible to repeal.
VOTE NO
ON PROPOSITION 63! Learn more by clicking here.
INTERNET SOURCE: https://www.nraila.org/articles/20161007/why-you-should-vote-no-on-california-s-proposition-63
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