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LA, City Council To Consider "Green" Ammo Ban
Josey1
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Los Angeles City Council To Consider
Hunting and "Green" Ammo Ban
Proposal Would Ban Environmentally Friendly Non-Lead Ammo,
As Well As Hunting Rifle and Shotgun Cartridges
Los Angeles, CA - As early as next Tuesday the Los Angeles City Council
is expected to vote on a proposed ordinance that would prohibit
law-abiding citizens from purchasing most firearm ammunition in Los
Angeles. A few council members, acknowledging that they cannot legally
ban all guns, have gone so far as to urge a complete ban on all
ammunition in the City.
The proposal completely bans the "sale or transfer" of all cartridges
containing anything but lead, as well as cartridges over .41 caliber,
"magnum" loads often used in conventional hunting rifles and competition
shooting, and hunting and self-defense shotgun loads. In the process,
the ordinance will ban ammunition used in smaller caliber firearms to
make these guns effective as self-defense tools, as well as the new
non-lead "green" ammunition that has been emerging in the market to
address environmental contamination concerns presented by the use of
conventional lead ammunition at shooting ranges and for hunting. The ban
is not limited to retailers. It prohibits private parties from giving or
otherwise transferring ammunition anyplace in the city, including at a
shooting range.
Opponents of the proposal include CRPA, the NRA, the Law Enforcement
Alliance of America, the Shooting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers
Institute, the non-profit Association for a Cleaner Environment, the
Pink Pistols, the Single Action Shooting Society (a competitive "cowboy
action" shooting association), the National Shooting Sports Foundation
(the gun industry's trade group), and a host of others. The ordinance,
contact information for the City Council, and letters in opposition can
be viewed at http://www.nramemberscouncils.com.
"To the extent anyone doubted that the gun ban lobby is not just
interested in banning handguns, this shows their true colors," said
Chuck Michel, CRPA spokesman. "These are hunting rifle and shotgun
cartridges they want to ban! The only reason they aren't banning the
rifles and shotguns themselves is they acknowledge that state law
doesn't allow them to do so."
An existing LA City law, in effect since 1998, requires the registration
of all ammunition sales in the city. Purchasers must fill out the form,
show identification, and provide a thumb print -- all so illegal
purchasers can be prosecuted. And state law makes it a felony for anyone
who cannot possess a firearm to possess ammunition. But according to
Los Angeles Police Department records, as of last year the laws resulted
in no felony prosecutions.
CRPA's 70,000 members include law enforcement officers, prosecutors,
professionals, firearm experts, the general public, and loving parents.
CRPA instructors have been teaching safe and responsible firearms
ownership to those who choose to own a gun for sport or self-defense for
over 125 years. CRPA has a variety of effective crime prevention and gun
safety programs available.
http://www.crpa.org/pressrls091302.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
Hunting and "Green" Ammo Ban
Proposal Would Ban Environmentally Friendly Non-Lead Ammo,
As Well As Hunting Rifle and Shotgun Cartridges
Los Angeles, CA - As early as next Tuesday the Los Angeles City Council
is expected to vote on a proposed ordinance that would prohibit
law-abiding citizens from purchasing most firearm ammunition in Los
Angeles. A few council members, acknowledging that they cannot legally
ban all guns, have gone so far as to urge a complete ban on all
ammunition in the City.
The proposal completely bans the "sale or transfer" of all cartridges
containing anything but lead, as well as cartridges over .41 caliber,
"magnum" loads often used in conventional hunting rifles and competition
shooting, and hunting and self-defense shotgun loads. In the process,
the ordinance will ban ammunition used in smaller caliber firearms to
make these guns effective as self-defense tools, as well as the new
non-lead "green" ammunition that has been emerging in the market to
address environmental contamination concerns presented by the use of
conventional lead ammunition at shooting ranges and for hunting. The ban
is not limited to retailers. It prohibits private parties from giving or
otherwise transferring ammunition anyplace in the city, including at a
shooting range.
Opponents of the proposal include CRPA, the NRA, the Law Enforcement
Alliance of America, the Shooting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers
Institute, the non-profit Association for a Cleaner Environment, the
Pink Pistols, the Single Action Shooting Society (a competitive "cowboy
action" shooting association), the National Shooting Sports Foundation
(the gun industry's trade group), and a host of others. The ordinance,
contact information for the City Council, and letters in opposition can
be viewed at http://www.nramemberscouncils.com.
"To the extent anyone doubted that the gun ban lobby is not just
interested in banning handguns, this shows their true colors," said
Chuck Michel, CRPA spokesman. "These are hunting rifle and shotgun
cartridges they want to ban! The only reason they aren't banning the
rifles and shotguns themselves is they acknowledge that state law
doesn't allow them to do so."
An existing LA City law, in effect since 1998, requires the registration
of all ammunition sales in the city. Purchasers must fill out the form,
show identification, and provide a thumb print -- all so illegal
purchasers can be prosecuted. And state law makes it a felony for anyone
who cannot possess a firearm to possess ammunition. But according to
Los Angeles Police Department records, as of last year the laws resulted
in no felony prosecutions.
CRPA's 70,000 members include law enforcement officers, prosecutors,
professionals, firearm experts, the general public, and loving parents.
CRPA instructors have been teaching safe and responsible firearms
ownership to those who choose to own a gun for sport or self-defense for
over 125 years. CRPA has a variety of effective crime prevention and gun
safety programs available.
http://www.crpa.org/pressrls091302.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