Sacramento, California - California Proposition 63 Firearms Ammunition Sales Initiative Statute:
Requires background check and Department of Justice authorization to purchase ammunition. Prohibits possession of large–capacity ammunition magazines. Establishes procedures for enforcing laws prohibiting firearm possession by specified persons. Requires Department of Justice's participation in federal National Instant Criminal Background Check System. Fiscal Impact: Increased state and local court and law enforcement costs, potentially in the tens of millions of dollars annually, related to a new court process for removing firearms from prohibited persons after they are convicted.
WHAT YOUR VOTE MEANS
YES A YES vote on this measure means: A new court process would be created for the removal of firearms from individuals upon conviction of certain crimes. New requirements related to the selling or purchasing of ammunition would be implemented.
NO A NO vote on this measure means: No new firearm– or ammunition–related requirements would be implemented.
ARGUMENTS
PRO Proposition 63 will improve public safety by keeping guns and ammunition out of the wrong hands. Law enforcement and public safety leaders support Prop. 63 because it will reduce gun violence by preventing violent felons, domestic abusers, and the dangerously mentally ill from obtaining and using deadly weapons and ammo.
CON Law enforcement, anti–terrorism experts, and civil liberties groups overwhelmingly oppose Prop. 63. It was written by a politician seeking to make a name for himself, not the public safety community. It imposes costly burdens on law enforcement and the taxpayer and only affects the law–abiding.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
FOR
- Lindsey Cobia
- Safety for All
- 268 Bush Street #222
San Francisco, CA 94104 - (415) 735-5192
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- www.safetyforall.com
AGAINST
- Coalition for Civil Liberties
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- www.stoptheammograb.com
