CGF, CAL-FFL Oppose South SF Hollow Point Ammo Ban, Gun Owner Database Scheme in California
OutdoorHub 03.27.13
The Calguns Foundation and California Association of Federal Firearms Licensees have sent a formal letter of opposition to the City of South San Francisco on two proposed ordinances that would negatively affect the rights of law-abiding gun owners and retailers.
Proposed ordinance 10.58.020 would require an electronic report be sent to the Chief of Police for every sale of 500 or more rounds of ammunition in a single transaction, creating an electronic database of gun owners that would be subject to public records requests. Proposed ordinance 10.58.010 would prohibit the possession or sale of certain ammunition — including that commonly possessed for self-defense — “Black Talon” ammunition, and ammunition “intended exclusively for law enforcement and military purposes.”
The pair of gun control measures are being pushed by Mayor Edwin Lee of the neighboring City of San Francisco, who championed identical measures in San Francisco earlier this month.
“San Francisco Mayor Lee is trying to take his wrong-headed and atrocious policies around the Bay Area, starting with the City of South San Francisco,” explained Brandon Combs, executive director of The Calguns Foundation. “We’re cautiously optimistic that they will be viewed for what they are and rejected by the City Council tonight.”
“The proposed ordinances suffer from a number of serious defects, including vagueness and Second Amendment concerns,” said attorney Jason Davis, who penned the letter to the City on behalf of CGF and CAL-FFL. “If the proposals are adopted, they would most certainly be the subject of very expensive litigation.”
“It says something about the quality of a measure when it names products that haven’t been on the market for years as well as repealed sections of the Penal Code,” noted Combs. “In Mayor Lee’s obsessive rush to trample the Second Amendment and privacy rights of law-abiding people, he left the proverbial barn door open for legal action. Any city that follows in his misguided footsteps will be a soft target for our litigation program.”
