California: Two Anti-Gun Bills Scheduled for Consideration on Thursday, May 28

Please Stand-Up and Make Your Voices Heard!

Assembly Bill 962 and Senate Bill 585 are scheduled to be considered on Thursday, May 28.

AB962, sponsored by Assembly Member Kevin De Leon (D-45), is in the Assembly Committee on Appropriations.  AB962 would make it a crime to privately transfer more than 50 rounds of ammunition per month, even between family and friends, unless you are registered as a “handgun ammunition vendor” in the Department of Justice’s database.  Ammunition retailers would have to be licensed and store ammunition in such a manner that it would be inaccessible to purchasers.  The bill would also require purchasers submit to fingerprinting, which would be submitted to the Department of Justice.  Lastly, mail order ammunition sales would be prohibited. 

SB585 is currently in the Senate Appropriations Committee.  Introduced by State Senator Mark Leno (D-3), SB585 would prohibit the sale of firearms and ammunition on the property or inside the buildings that comprise the Cow Palace.  In short, SB585 is a stepping-stone to banning gun shows on all publicly-owned property in California. 

Please contact the members of the Assembly and Senate Appropriations Committees and respectfully urge them to oppose AB962 and SB585.  Contact information for the committees can be found below.

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS:

Assemblymember Kevin de Leon (D-45) - Chair 
(916) 319-2045
[email protected]

Assemblymember Jim Nielsen (R-2) - Vice Chair 
(916) 319-2002
[email protected]

Assemblymember Tom Ammiano (D-13)
(916) 319-2013
[email protected]

Assemblymember Charles M. Calderon (D-58)
(916) 319-2058
[email protected]

Assemblymember Mike Davis (D-48)
(916) 319-2048
[email protected]

Assemblymember Michael D. Duvall (R-72)
(916) 319-2072
[email protected]

Assemblymember Felipe Fuentes (D-39)
(916) 319-2039
[email protected]

Assemblymember Isadore Hall, III (D-52)
(916) 319-2052
[email protected]

Assemblymember Diane L. Harkey (R-73)
(916) 319-2073
[email protected]

Assemblymember Dave Jones (D-9)
(916) 319-2009
[email protected]

Assemblymember Jeff Miller (R-71)
(916) 319-2071
[email protected]

Assemblymember John A. Pérez (D-46)
(916) 319-2046
[email protected]  

Assemblymember Curren D. Price, Jr. (D-51)
(916) 319-2051
[email protected]  

Assemblymember Nancy Skinner (D-14)
(916) 319-2014
[email protected]  

Assemblymember Jose Solorio (D-69)
(916) 319-2069
[email protected]  

Assemblymember Audra Strickland (R-37)
(916) 319-2037
[email protected]  

Assemblymember Tom Torlakson (D-11)
(916) 319-2011
[email protected]  

SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE:

State Senator Christine Kehoe (D-39), Chair
(916) 651-4039

State Senator Dave Cox (R-1), Vice-Chair
(916) 651-4001

State Senator Ellen Corbett (D-10)
(916) 651-4010

State Senator Jeff Denham (R-12)
(916) 651-4012

State Senator Mark DeSaulnier (D-7)
(916) 651-4007

State Senator Loni Hancock (D-9)
(916) 651-4009

State Senator Mark Leno (D-3)
(916) 651-4003
[email protected]

State Senator Jenny Oropeza (D-28)
(916) 651-4028

State Senator George Runner (R-17)
(916) 651-4017

State Senator Mimi Walters (R-33)
(916) 651-4033

State Senator Lois Wolk (D-5)
(916) 651-4005

State Senator Mark Wyland (R-38)
(916) 651-4038

State Senator Leland Yee (D-8)
(916) 651-4008