To: Cabela's California Customers
From: Cabela's Communications
Subject: California Assembly Bill 962
Date: Sept. 22, 2009
We are writing to inform you of pending legislation that will restrict purchases of handgun ammunition in California and will terminate our ability to service your needs for certain products.
On Friday, Sept. 11, the California Assembly passed Assembly Bill 962, by a 44-31 vote.
Among other regulations, AB 962 would:
• Ban all mail-order and Internet sales of handgun ammunition.
• Prohibit the retail sale, the offer for sale or the display of handgun ammunition in a
manner that allows ammunition to be accessible to a purchaser without assistance of a
vendor or employee.
• Require that the delivery or transfer of ownership of handgun ammunition occur in a
face-to-face transaction, with the deliverer or transferor being provided bona fide
evidence of identity of the purchaser or other transferee.
That evidence of identity, which must be legibly recorded at the time of delivery, includes:
• The right thumbprint of the purchaser or transferee.
• The date of the sale or other transaction.
• The purchaser's or transferee's driver's license or other identification number and the
state in which it was issued.
• The brand, type and amount of ammunition sold or otherwise transferred.
• The purchaser's or transferee's signature.
• The name of the salesperson who processed the sale or other transaction.
• The purchaser's or transferee's full residential address and telephone number.
• The purchaser's or transferee's date of birth.
The bill is on the desk of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, where it awaits his consideration. He will have until Oct. 11 to sign or veto the bill. If he does not veto the bill, it will become law.
If you wish to comment on AB 962, you may contact Gov. Schwarzenegger by phone at (916) 445-2841, or via fax at (916) 558-3160. To e-mail Gov. Schwarzenegger, visit http://gov.ca.gov/interact
We encourage all Cabela's customers who participate in the shooting sports to contact Gov. Schwarzenegger to voice their opposition to this initiative, which will limit your opportunities to shop with Cabela's, and will restrict the sale of handgun ammunition everywhere in California.
Problem is what starts in California - eventually makes it way around the rest of many states. If thay can do it so can we... after all they are the progressive state....
Elections are detirmined by what California does...
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Keep on Shooting Muzzleloaders they are a Blast
Why bother banning guns and get taken to court on the 2nd amendment when you can make it virtually impossible to buy ammunition?
I hate everything about CA. This law serves no purpose except against legal gun owners/shooters. Lawbreakers will just bring in ammo from out of state for a black market, and even if they record the brand of ammo you bought it is impossible to trace a bullet from a crime definitively to a brand.
There is a company that is trying to get these laws passed as they have a process to micro-engrave every bullet with a serial number so that all bullets can be traced to a source. Think that company is located in Seattle. If somebody will require Hornady, Speer and etc to do then they are in like flint.
Now that only works on bullets made in the US until Congress gets into the act and requires any bullets sold in the US to be engraved.
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Keep on Shooting Muzzleloaders they are a Blast
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Keep on Shooting Muzzleloaders they are a Blast
There is a company that is trying to get these laws passed as they have a process to micro-engrave every bullet with a serial number so that all bullets can be traced to a source. Think that company is located in Seattle. If somebody will require Hornady, Speer and etc to do then they are in like flint.
Now that only works on bullets made in the US until Congress gets into the act and requires any bullets sold in the US to be engraved.
Yup, I heard about this quite awhile ago. Of course most gun crimes are committed with handguns, virtually all of which can shoot home cast (ie black market) bullets...wait, make that all, I doubt a gang banger cares if a polygonal barrel is not rated for lead...
Cabela's will no longer sell ammo to California
