October 11th is the last day that California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger can veto 3 anti gun bills. These anti gun bills, if passed, can cost the state of California millions in tax revenues, due to the loss of sales taxes because guns could no longer be sold.
New gun bills
The names of the thre bills proposed are: AB 962, a bill requiring everyone who has ever bought a gun to be kept on a hand gun registry. This bill would also ban sales of gun ammunition and reloading components to be sold on the internet or through mail order; SB 41, this bill requires more documentation and paperwork for firearms to sold to a particular buyer on the date of purchase. The costs of the additional paperwork and documentaton would most likely be taken on by the potential buyer, providing more hardship and difficulties to a potential buyer; and the last bill is SB 585. This bill is specifically targeted at gun shows. If SB 585 passed, it would be unlawful for gun shows to be held at the Cow Palace, a venue in the San Francisco Bay Area. Another consequence that would come to pass if the bill passed would be the precedent of gun shows being unlawful in the state of California.
So, if gun shows are unlawful in California, and guns being sold through legitimate vendors is full of many hassels and extraneous paperwork, the act of purchasing a gun lawfully would be viewed as not even worth doing. Let’s hope these gun bills don’t pass.
