Jamsie 567
09-04-2009, 12:09 AM
Tomorrow morning Bill Hunt will mail this letter out to the State Senators of CA. I applaud Bill Hunt for taking initiative to defend our constitutional rights. I hope you will do the same and also write the CA state senators and SAY NO TO AB 962!
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September 3, 2009
Sen. Lou Correa Sen. Mimi Walters
State Capitol, Room 5052 State Capitol, Room 3082
Sacramento, CA 94248-0001 Sacramento, CA 94248-0001
Sen. Tom Harmon Sen. Mark Wyland
State Capitol, Room 3070 State Capitol, Room 4048
Sacramento, CA 94248-0001 Sacramento, CA 94248-0001
Sen. Bob Huff
State Capitol, room 3048
Sacramento, CA 94248-0001
Re: AB 962 (as amended)
Position: Opposed
Dear Senators:
Please be advised that I oppose AB 962 (de Leon D-Los Angeles) regarding the proposed licensing of handgun ammunition vendors. AB 962 provides that: “No person shall sell or otherwise transfer ownership of more than 50 rounds of ammunition in any month unless the person is licensed by the department as a licensed handgun ammunition vendor...”
In addition, although AB 962 purports to create a registry for ammunition vendors it equally creates a registry of law abiding citizens who purchase ammunition at a point of sale. Within the Bill, the proposed licensed vendors are required to record all identifying information of a purchaser including their driver’s license number and a thumb print.
Further, AB 962 makes it a crime for family members to transfer ammunition between themselves at any place or any time including within the privacy of their own homes.
No reasonable argument can be made that this Bill is in effort to reduce crime. Existing law already provides for penalties for the possession of or provision to prohibited persons. This Bill is in effect a Bill to further encroach on the Second Amendment rights of citizens. The proposed registry containing the names of law abiding citizens who would purchase ammunition serves only to chill the exercise of their Second Amendment rights.
The Supreme Court of the United States of America has recently stated that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms is an existing right to possess and carry weapons for self-defense and as a defense against tyranny. AB 962 on its face is a veiled effort to take away the right of self-defense by hindering the means that make that right effective.
The U.S. Supreme Court also stated in that opinion that the same people whom the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms is accorded are the very same people who enjoy the protection of the First and Fourth Amendments. The undersigned is of the opinion that no constitutional right is less important than another nor that the constitution can be “modified” to comport with anything other than the plain and ordinary meaning of its terms.
For the above reasons, I oppose AB 962 and would strongly encourage you to do the same.
Very truly yours,
Bill Hunt
Candidate for Sheriff of
Orange County, California
YouTube - BILL HUNT FOR SHERIFF (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99J3CojOe0E)
Committee for Bill Hunt for Sheriff ID # 1302413
24881 Alicia Parkway, Suite E271, Laguna Hills, CA 92653
www.billhuntforsheriff.com
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September 3, 2009
Sen. Lou Correa Sen. Mimi Walters
State Capitol, Room 5052 State Capitol, Room 3082
Sacramento, CA 94248-0001 Sacramento, CA 94248-0001
Sen. Tom Harmon Sen. Mark Wyland
State Capitol, Room 3070 State Capitol, Room 4048
Sacramento, CA 94248-0001 Sacramento, CA 94248-0001
Sen. Bob Huff
State Capitol, room 3048
Sacramento, CA 94248-0001
Re: AB 962 (as amended)
Position: Opposed
Dear Senators:
Please be advised that I oppose AB 962 (de Leon D-Los Angeles) regarding the proposed licensing of handgun ammunition vendors. AB 962 provides that: “No person shall sell or otherwise transfer ownership of more than 50 rounds of ammunition in any month unless the person is licensed by the department as a licensed handgun ammunition vendor...”
In addition, although AB 962 purports to create a registry for ammunition vendors it equally creates a registry of law abiding citizens who purchase ammunition at a point of sale. Within the Bill, the proposed licensed vendors are required to record all identifying information of a purchaser including their driver’s license number and a thumb print.
Further, AB 962 makes it a crime for family members to transfer ammunition between themselves at any place or any time including within the privacy of their own homes.
No reasonable argument can be made that this Bill is in effort to reduce crime. Existing law already provides for penalties for the possession of or provision to prohibited persons. This Bill is in effect a Bill to further encroach on the Second Amendment rights of citizens. The proposed registry containing the names of law abiding citizens who would purchase ammunition serves only to chill the exercise of their Second Amendment rights.
The Supreme Court of the United States of America has recently stated that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms is an existing right to possess and carry weapons for self-defense and as a defense against tyranny. AB 962 on its face is a veiled effort to take away the right of self-defense by hindering the means that make that right effective.
The U.S. Supreme Court also stated in that opinion that the same people whom the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms is accorded are the very same people who enjoy the protection of the First and Fourth Amendments. The undersigned is of the opinion that no constitutional right is less important than another nor that the constitution can be “modified” to comport with anything other than the plain and ordinary meaning of its terms.
For the above reasons, I oppose AB 962 and would strongly encourage you to do the same.
Very truly yours,
Bill Hunt
Candidate for Sheriff of
Orange County, California
YouTube - BILL HUNT FOR SHERIFF (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99J3CojOe0E)
Committee for Bill Hunt for Sheriff ID # 1302413
24881 Alicia Parkway, Suite E271, Laguna Hills, CA 92653