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California Alert!

HANDGUN LICENSING BILL MOVES TO FUNDING COMMITTEE
Assembly Appropriations to Hear AB 35

 On Wednesday, April 25th, the Assembly's Appropriations
Committee will be hearing Assembly Bill 35 (Shelley), a measure that
would mandate that all handgun purchasers, as of January 1, 2002,
obtain a license before taking possession of the firearm.  In order
for the license to be issued, applicants must have their thumbprint
taken during the application process and undergo a written and
shooting proficiency test as administered by their local law
enforcement agency.   

 Although the policy committee has already heard this bill -
and passed it out on a 5 - 2 vote - the Appropriations Committee will
be hearing the fiscal impact of the measure.  As that there are no
funding mechanisms built into the bill, the financial burden placed
on the licensees and law enforcement agencies will be tremendous. 
That means officers who are currently assigned to protect our streets
will be pulled from duty to administer written tests to law-abiding
citizens who seek a license!

 Another important component of this expensive and
discriminatory measure is that only those individuals who speak
English will be able to maneuver the application and testing
procedures.  The fact that California's citizens can currently obtain
a drivers license in thirty-one languages but cannot obtain a handgun
license in more than one is blatantly ignoring the diverse complexity
of this state. 

 This is why it's vital that you contact the members of the
Assembly's Appropriations Committee today and voice your opposition
to AB 35 on the grounds that it's too costly and prejudicial!
(All area codes 916)

Carole Migden, Chair  319-2013 Dion Aroner 319-2014
Patricia Bates, Vice-Chair 319-2073 Lou Correa 319-2069
Robert Pacheco   319-2060 Kevin Shelley 319-2012
Abel Maldonado   319-2033 Herb Wesson 319-2047
George Runner   319-2036 Helen Thomson 319-2008
Charlene Zettel   319-2075 Patricia Wiggins319-2007
Roy Ashburn   319-2032 Lou Papan 319-2019
Lynn Daucher   319-2072 Rod Wright 319-2048
Elaine Alquist   319-2022 Jackie Goldberg 319-2045
Gil Cedillo   319-2046 Joe Simitian 319-2021
Ellen Corbett   319-2018

For more information on AB 35, and other CA bills , please go to
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/bilinfo.html.
Thank you!


National Rifle Association of America
Institute for Legislative Action
555 Capitol Mall, Suite 625   -   Sacramento,  CA  9581
916/ 446-2455  916/ 448-7469 (Fax)     
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