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City Considers Law To Fingerprint Gun Buyers
Activist Says State Law And Citizens' Rights At Stake
Paul J. Young, Staff Writer
January 23, 2001, 12:50 a.m. PST=20

LOS ANGELES -- Some members of the Los Angeles City Council are prepared =
to vote for a measure that would require gun buyers to provide =
fingerprints before they could purchase a firearm.=20

Monday morning, a City Council panel approved the proposal, which now =
goes to the entire 15-member council for consideration.=20

Councilman Mike Feuer is the measure's author and says that it would be =
an effective tool for local prosecutors to use when building cases =
against people who try to illegally purchase guns.=20

"This provision paves the way for tough enforcement when prohibited =
persons attempt to buy guns, and it also will deter many from trying in =
the first place," Feuer said Monday.=20

Under his proposal, anybody trying to purchase a gun inside city limits =
would have to agree to be fingerprinted first.=20

The prints apparently would be kept on file and later utilized by =
prosecutors to help identify ex-cons trying to procure firearms.=20

According to Feuer's office, there have been 5,000 such instances =
statewide in the last year, but prosecutors have failed to bring solid =
cases against the suspects because of questions about their identities.=20

The councilman believes that fingerprinting "will help prosecutors win =
convictions of potentially dangerous criminals who illegally attempt to =
buy firearms."=20

Sam Paredes, Executive Director of Gun Owners of California, says that =
Feuer and those sympathetic to his proposal have a lot to learn about =
state law and citizens' rights.=20

"The council panel has just looked at state law and completely ignored =
it," Paredes told Channel 2000 Monday.=20

"In California, we have what's called a preemption law. Under its =
provisions, the whole area of regulation of firearms ownership is =
usurped by the state.=20

"This is not the purview of local communities. And that's so we don't =
have a checkerboard of laws on firearms from one locality to another. =
The state is the guiding light in these matters."=20

According to Paredes, the state attorney general has an obligation to =
step in and stop the city of Los Angeles from trying to enforce a =
measure like the one proposed by Feuer.=20

If Sacramento doesn't get involved, Paredes told Channel 2000 that his =
organization and other pro-self-defense groups will challenge =
fingerprinting.=20

"We'll go to court ourselves," he said.=20

As for what Paredes thinks of Feuer's proposal in general..=20

"It's hokum! In reality, it's a whole bunch of smoke. It's what I like =
to call 'slogan legislation.' It sounds good.=20

"They're pushing this piece of legislation [fingerprinting gun owners] =
whether it has any impact or not.=20

"There's no secret that L.A. wants fewer gun owners in city limits. And =
what better way to intimidate people than have them fingerprinted or =
photographed?"=20

Paredes told Channel 2000 that gun owners already undergo background =
checks and fill out pages of state and federal forms before they can =
purchase a firearm.=20

He added that "law-abiding" citizens shouldn't be fingerprinted like =
common criminals when they wish to avail themselves of their Second =
Amendment right.=20




Copyright 2001 by Channel 2000. All rights reserved.

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<H2>City Considers Law To Fingerprint Gun Buyers</H2>
<H3><I>Activist Says State Law And Citizens' Rights At =
Stake</I></H3><FONT=20
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<P><B>LOS ANGELES</B> -- Some members of the <A=20
href=3D"http://www.ci.la.ca.us/">Los Angeles City Council</A> are =
prepared to vote=20
for a measure that would require gun buyers to provide fingerprints =
before they=20
could purchase a firearm.=20
<P>Monday morning, a City Council panel approved the proposal, which now =
goes to=20
the entire 15-member council for consideration.=20
<P><A href=3D"http://www.cityofla.org/council/cd5/">Councilman Mike =
Feuer</A> is=20
the measure's author and says that it would be an effective tool for =
local=20
prosecutors to use when building cases against people who try to =
illegally=20
purchase guns.=20
<P>"This provision paves the way for tough enforcement when prohibited =
persons=20
attempt to buy guns, and it also will deter many from trying in the =
first=20
place," Feuer said Monday.=20
<P>Under his proposal, anybody trying to purchase a gun inside city =
limits would=20
have to agree to be fingerprinted first.=20
<P>The prints apparently would be kept on file and later utilized by =
prosecutors=20
to help identify ex-cons trying to procure firearms.=20
<P>According to Feuer's office, there have been 5,000 such instances =
statewide=20
in the last year, but prosecutors have failed to bring solid cases =
against the=20
suspects because of questions about their identities.=20
<P>The councilman believes that fingerprinting "will help prosecutors =
win=20
convictions of potentially dangerous criminals who illegally attempt to =
buy=20
firearms."=20
<P>Sam Paredes, Executive Director of <A =
href=3D"http://www.gunownersca.com/">Gun=20
Owners of California</A>, says that Feuer and those sympathetic to his =
proposal=20
have a lot to learn about state law and citizens' rights.=20
<P>"The council panel has just looked at state law and completely =
ignored it,"=20
Paredes told Channel 2000 Monday.=20
<P>"In California, we have what's called a preemption law. Under its =
provisions,=20
the whole area of regulation of firearms ownership is usurped by the =
state.=20
<P>"This is not the purview of local communities. And that's so we don't =
have a=20
checkerboard of laws on firearms from one locality to another. The state =
is the=20
guiding light in these matters."=20
<P>According to Paredes, the state attorney general has an obligation to =
step in=20
and stop the city of Los Angeles from trying to enforce a measure like =
the one=20
proposed by Feuer.=20
<P>If Sacramento doesn't get involved, Paredes told Channel 2000 that =
his=20
organization and other pro-self-defense groups will challenge =
fingerprinting.=20
<P>"We'll go to court ourselves," he said.=20
<P>As for what Paredes thinks of Feuer's proposal in general&#8230;.=20
<P>"It's hokum! In reality, it's a whole bunch of smoke. It's what I =
like to=20
call 'slogan legislation.' It sounds good.=20
<P>"They're pushing this piece of legislation [fingerprinting gun =
owners]=20
whether it has any impact or not.=20
<P>"There's no secret that L.A. wants fewer gun owners in city limits. =
And what=20
better way to intimidate people than have them fingerprinted or =
photographed?"=20
<P>Paredes told Channel 2000 that gun owners already undergo background =
checks=20
and fill out pages of state and federal forms before they can purchase a =

firearm.=20
<P>He added that "law-abiding" citizens shouldn't be fingerprinted like =
common=20
criminals when they wish to avail themselves of their Second Amendment =
right.=20
<P>
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