(California) Senate passes 11 new gun control measures

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Source: SF Chronicle

SACRAMENTO — The state Senate passed nearly a dozen gun-control bills Thursday, saying the package of legislation is the most ambitious action ever taken to protect communities from gun violence.

Crafted in response to the mass shooting in San Bernardino in December, the 11 bills add to California’s reputation as already having some of the strictest gun laws in the country.

Among the most controversial of the bills is SB1235, which requires background checks for people buying ammunition, a license for people selling bullets and submit purchasing data to the Department of Justice. Another bill, SB1446 by Sen. Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley, would make it illegal to possess magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. Hancock said current penal code does not prohibit possession of large capacity magazines, although the sale or manufacturing of large capacity magazines is illegal in the state.

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If both houses were to approve the bills, it’s unclear whether Gov. Jerry Brown would sign them. He’s vetoed gun-control bills in the past, including one similar to de Leon’s bill for background checks to purchase ammunition.

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[AtheistCrusader]

1. How do you ban existing high-cap mags?

Like, on what grounds?

Sale and manufacture, sure. But ban? Interesting. What are people supposed to do with them? Even a pistol mag runs upwards of 30$. High cap rifle mags can be hundreds (For a Beta-C mag or something like that.)

That's going to cause some consternation.

[Hoyt]

2. Leave at home. Who, but a militia type or one too lazy to reload, need hicap mags?

Last thing I'd worry about is what some gun yahoo is going to do with his expensive lethal weapons accessories.

[AtheistCrusader]

3. That would still be possession, and a crime under that bill.

[scscholar]

4. Door to door is how

That would solve a lot of the violence problem.

[CompanyFirstSergeant]

5. Door to door what?

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What are you going to do door to door?

[oneshooter]

6. And what amount is the State willing to pay

for each "outlawed" magazine?

[Agnosticsherbet]

7. Good work for the one of hte most progressive/liberal State Senates.

Very, very good.