CAL-FFL Asks Gov. Brown to Veto Handgun Ban Bill AB 1964
Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) July 11, 2014 -- In an effort to protect law-abiding Californians’ Second Amendment gun rights, California Association of Federal Firearms Licensees (CAL-FFL) has sent Governor Jerry Brown a letter requesting his veto of Assembly Bill 1964. The measure, authored by Assemblyman Roger Dickinson of Sacramento, would prohibit the sale of most modern handguns in the Golden State.
In the letter, CAL-FFL President Brandon Combs explained that the “clear intent of AB 1964 is to eliminate even more firearms in common use for lawful purposes from the non-peace officer (i.e., “regular person”) marketplace.” Combs went to note, “Even if the bill’s inherent constitutional defects were not enough to make the bill worthy of [Brown’s] veto, the plain absurdity of the text could not make for a better candidate for rejection.
“AB 1964 would create a new single-shot loophole for handguns that are manufactured as a single-shot, but ban handguns that were first manufactured as some other type and subsequently professionally re-manufactured — even those permanently altered — into a single-shot handgun that is functionally equivalent (and perhaps even identical in all respects) to the non-proscribed firearm.”
This is the third handgun ban proposal in as many years to be authored by Assemblyman Dickinson, with the first two bills (AB 2460 in the 2011-2012 session and AB 169 in 2012-2013) having been vetoed by Governor Brown. AB 1964 was passed by the Legislature on June 30.
CAL-FFL’s letter to Gov. Brown can be viewed at http://calffl.org/2014/07/cal-ffl-asks-gov-brown-veto-handgun-ban-bill-ab-1964.
Individuals who wish to send a faxed letter asking Governor Brown to veto the bill can use Firearms Policy Coalitions’ web-based activism platform at http://DemandRights.org.
California Association of Federal Firearms Licensees is the Golden State’s most tenacious advocacy group for Second Amendment and related rights. CAL-FFL’s more than 100,000 individual supporters and members include gun owners, collectors, training professionals, shooting ranges, dealers, manufacturers, and others who participate in the firearms ecosystem.
Brandon Combs, California Association of Federal Firearms Licensees, http://calffl.org, +1 916-378-5775, [email protected]
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