Strict state gun-control measure close to making November ballot

[billh58]

Californians will vote in November on far-reaching new restrictions on firearms, including the nation’s first requirement of background checks for buyers of ammunition, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday.

Declaring a “historic opportunity to recapture our leadership nationwide on this issue,” Newsom said supporters will submit 600,000 signatures on petitions to qualify an initiative that would strengthen California’s gun-control laws, already some of the strictest in the nation. They need 365,880 signatures of registered voters to make the ballot.

Besides the checks for ammunition purchases — like those already in place for guns — the measure would ban possession of large-capacity rifle magazines, require gun owners to notify police when their weapons are lost or stolen, and enact rules for courts to confiscate guns from criminals who are prohibited from possessing them. Other provisions would reclassify possession of a stolen gun as a felony and require California to share its background check information with the FBI.

http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Strict-state-gun-control-measure-close-to-making-7382147.php#photo-9913167

From an e-mail sent by the Courage Campaign Issues Committee:

The NRA is FREAKING OUT

The signatures have been collected, counted, and it's all but official: California voters will get to vote this fall on the strongest gun safety proposal in a generation.

https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/gun_ballot?amount=5&recurring=15&refcode=2762

States like California are moving the gun control movement forward with every step like this one. These are common-sense steps building on California's successful legacy of action on gun safety, which has reduced gun deaths by 56 percent.

"California is the biggest state in the country, and if we win, it'll set a national precedent. That's why the NRA will fight us tooth and nail."

Contribute to this important measure if you can. Thank you.

[Agnosticsherbet]

1. I will vote for it.

[flamin lib]

2. As California goes so goes the country . . . eventually nt