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AB 2222 Update(.50 CALIBER BAN UPDATE)
Josey1
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AB 2222 Update
Reference Links:
AB 2222 Text (as amended)
Assembly Public Safety Committee Members Phone and Email
Sample Guide to Effective Letter Writing
April 11th
AB 2222 has been amended, but the new language is no better than the
original bill. Under the amended language, the State of California
would offer the same punishment for reloading one single 50bmg cartridge
as they would for owning a sawed off shotgun.
Make no mistake, this is part one in an attempt to broaden the California gun
ban that started with the so-called 'assault weapons' ban. The bill
seeks to amend the 'assault weapons' ban to include 50 bmg rifles and
ammunition - setting quite a precedent for adding a new class of guns to ban
each year.
You can read the amended bill text here (click here)
The extremist forces behind this gun ban are also pushing for a ban on all
handguns. If they succeed in banning the 50, their momentum to ban other
guns will gain ground. Contact Governor Gray Davis immediately and let him
know that you don't support the radical extremist gun control agenda, tell
him to oppose AB 2222 or you'll be opposing him in November. You can contact
Governor Davis by clicking here.
April 9th
FCSPI Continues to receive calls and emails every day regarding the
anti fifty caliber bill now pending in CA (AB 2222). Everybody wants to
know, "what can I do to help?"
We have provided a link to the contact information for the members of
the Committee on Public Safety. (Click here for the contact info)
We are asking everyone to write a one page letter and send a copy
of it to each member of the Committee.
You can fax it directly to the Committee at (919)319-3745
A copy of each letter should also be sent to Governor Davis
(Click here for his address) and to your local Assembly member
(click here to look up their name and address)
This bill is pushed by the extremist Violence Policy Center, which has
publicly stated its aims to ban rifles in the forty and thirty caliber
range as well as promotes the total ban on all handgun ownership.
Thank You
John Burtt
Chairman
FCSPI
April 4th
FCSPI President John Burtt and supporters have spent the last
few days in Sacramento talking to leaders in the Assembly,
along with representatives from the NRA and California Rifle
and Pistol Association. FCSPI President John Burtt also met with
the Governor's staff. We've have seen that the members of the Assembly
are feeling the impact of your letters and phone calls on this issue.
FCSPI leaders have met with every member of the Public Safety Committee,
including the opposition. We will continue to work timelessly to
protect the rights of fellow enthusiasts - thanks for your support!
March 29th
The hearing for AB 2222 in the Assembly Public Safety
Committee has been postponed until April 16th.
This gives additional time for people concerned about
AB 2222 to write their Assembly members and spread the word.
The members of the Committee that will hear this bill can be
faxed at the numbers below:
Carl Washington, Chair Fax: 916-319 2152
Jay La Suer, Vice Chair Fax: 916-319 2177
Richard L. Dickerson Fax: 916-319 2102
Fred Keeley (Assembly Speaker Pro Tem ) Fax: 916-319 2127
Gil Cedillo Fax: 916-319 2146
Manny Diaz Fax: 916-319 2123
Jackie Goldberg Fax: 916-319 2145
February 22nd
AB 2222 was introduced today in the California Assembly.
The bill calls for draconian restrictions on the sale and
ownership of fifty caliber target rifles. AB 2222 was
introduced by Assemblyman Koretz (D-Hollywood).
The bill was announced at a press conference featuring
anti-gun Congressman Henry Waxman (D-Los Angeles) and Tom
Diaz of the Violence Policy Center, DC's most extremist
gun banning organization.
FCSPI Chairman John Burtt was on hand to monitor the event
and offered countering information to the media. FCSPI
reps also testified before an informal subcommittee hearing
on the issue. FCSPI will work diligently to keep you up to
date on AB 2222.
http://www.fcspi.org/California/update.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Reference Links:
AB 2222 Text (as amended)
Assembly Public Safety Committee Members Phone and Email
Sample Guide to Effective Letter Writing
April 11th
AB 2222 has been amended, but the new language is no better than the
original bill. Under the amended language, the State of California
would offer the same punishment for reloading one single 50bmg cartridge
as they would for owning a sawed off shotgun.
Make no mistake, this is part one in an attempt to broaden the California gun
ban that started with the so-called 'assault weapons' ban. The bill
seeks to amend the 'assault weapons' ban to include 50 bmg rifles and
ammunition - setting quite a precedent for adding a new class of guns to ban
each year.
You can read the amended bill text here (click here)
The extremist forces behind this gun ban are also pushing for a ban on all
handguns. If they succeed in banning the 50, their momentum to ban other
guns will gain ground. Contact Governor Gray Davis immediately and let him
know that you don't support the radical extremist gun control agenda, tell
him to oppose AB 2222 or you'll be opposing him in November. You can contact
Governor Davis by clicking here.
April 9th
FCSPI Continues to receive calls and emails every day regarding the
anti fifty caliber bill now pending in CA (AB 2222). Everybody wants to
know, "what can I do to help?"
We have provided a link to the contact information for the members of
the Committee on Public Safety. (Click here for the contact info)
We are asking everyone to write a one page letter and send a copy
of it to each member of the Committee.
You can fax it directly to the Committee at (919)319-3745
A copy of each letter should also be sent to Governor Davis
(Click here for his address) and to your local Assembly member
(click here to look up their name and address)
This bill is pushed by the extremist Violence Policy Center, which has
publicly stated its aims to ban rifles in the forty and thirty caliber
range as well as promotes the total ban on all handgun ownership.
Thank You
John Burtt
Chairman
FCSPI
April 4th
FCSPI President John Burtt and supporters have spent the last
few days in Sacramento talking to leaders in the Assembly,
along with representatives from the NRA and California Rifle
and Pistol Association. FCSPI President John Burtt also met with
the Governor's staff. We've have seen that the members of the Assembly
are feeling the impact of your letters and phone calls on this issue.
FCSPI leaders have met with every member of the Public Safety Committee,
including the opposition. We will continue to work timelessly to
protect the rights of fellow enthusiasts - thanks for your support!
March 29th
The hearing for AB 2222 in the Assembly Public Safety
Committee has been postponed until April 16th.
This gives additional time for people concerned about
AB 2222 to write their Assembly members and spread the word.
The members of the Committee that will hear this bill can be
faxed at the numbers below:
Carl Washington, Chair Fax: 916-319 2152
Jay La Suer, Vice Chair Fax: 916-319 2177
Richard L. Dickerson Fax: 916-319 2102
Fred Keeley (Assembly Speaker Pro Tem ) Fax: 916-319 2127
Gil Cedillo Fax: 916-319 2146
Manny Diaz Fax: 916-319 2123
Jackie Goldberg Fax: 916-319 2145
February 22nd
AB 2222 was introduced today in the California Assembly.
The bill calls for draconian restrictions on the sale and
ownership of fifty caliber target rifles. AB 2222 was
introduced by Assemblyman Koretz (D-Hollywood).
The bill was announced at a press conference featuring
anti-gun Congressman Henry Waxman (D-Los Angeles) and Tom
Diaz of the Violence Policy Center, DC's most extremist
gun banning organization.
FCSPI Chairman John Burtt was on hand to monitor the event
and offered countering information to the media. FCSPI
reps also testified before an informal subcommittee hearing
on the issue. FCSPI will work diligently to keep you up to
date on AB 2222.
http://www.fcspi.org/California/update.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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