Democrats in California are advocating for a once-a-year registration requirement, along with a state charge, to replace the present one-time gun registration system.
“The bill would force the registrant to pay a fee every year to be deposited into a special account that is continuously used for carrying out the enforcement of the gun registry,” states the Democratic-sponsored SB 1160 bill. This money will stay in the state’s gun registration system.
Furthermore, a new “program” centered on unregistered firearms would be established under SB 1160: “This law would ban possession of an unregistered firearm, a violation of which would be penalized as an infraction.” This measure would enforce a state-mandated municipal program by establishing a new violation.
Mike Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety has previously ranked California as the best state for gun regulation. Among other things, the state has a one-day waiting period before allowing the purchase of a gun, a requirement for the registration of firearms, a ban on carrying a gun for self-defense on college campuses, restrictions on “high capacity” magazines, laws regarding “ghost guns,” a red flag law, requirements for gun storage, microstamping, and ammunition controls.
Furthermore, despite having universal background checks and a prohibition on “assault weapons” for more than 30 years, California will lead the US in “active shooter situations” in 2021.
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