AB1471 Letter by member Lester J.

Went to the KSFO web site and send floowing letter to
        Lee Rogers
        Officer Vic
        Brian Sussman
        Melaine Morgan, and
        Mark Levin

State bill AB 1471 on governor’s desk - “Backdoor Approach” to firearm ban in CA.

There is legislation on the Governor’s desk that starts banning handguns in 2010.  AB 1471 requires any pistol sold or transfer in CA must be able to “microstamp” fired rounds or it is an “unsafe handgun”.  “Unsafe guns” by CA law are not allowed in state.  This bill’s background and why it is a threat to law abiding citizens follow below. 

Is there a way inform the KSFO listening public about this threat? Many listeners believe in and support the second amendment.

For several years the state legislation has been attempting to pass this restriction.  This was one of the many “midnight” bills passed the last day(s) of this session with little though for reality.  The technology does not exist and a test at UC Davis, funded by the state, told the legislators that it is extremely flawed and not viable at this time.  Manufacturers are not going to fund research just to sell a legal product in a single state with unique laws.  Even if the technology is developed criminal can easily remove the “imprinting” surface with a file. This is suppose to help catch criminal - Right?  Why let facts stand in the way of flawed legislation?

Other flaws in the law -

1) Gun manufacturers must stop selling in the state or pay to develop a technology only needed in 1 of the 50 states. 

2) An owner or criminal can easily replace the bolt and / or firing pin with after market parts.  The gun no longer “micorstamps”.  Is the gun now illegal?  The legal gun owner is now a criminal?  Does the state try to control interstate commerce of repair parts?  Isn’t this the federal law and not state law?

 3) What become of marked rounds after they are fired?  Can the reloading cottage industry for reloading use the spent brass?  Marked rounds are now distributed to other users.  Whose mark do you follow?  Better yet, a criminal with malice picks up brass at a firing range used by police and spread this brass at a crime scene.

The list of flaws can go on.  One can assume this bill was poorly debated or assume the anti-second amendment legislators who sponsored this bill have the “Machiavellian” goal of banning all guns in California one step at a time.

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