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Written and proficiency tests urged for handgun owners


Updated: Feb. 26, 2001 - 1:57 p.m.=20
California handgun owners would have to demonstrate proficiency on the =
firing range if legislation proposed Monday becomes law.=20

However, a spokesman said Gov. Gray Davis remains cool to more gun laws =
unless there is an outcry from law enforcement officials.=20

California has the toughest state laws in the nation on gun ownership.

Gun buyers currently have to pass a written test administered by gun =
shops, which proponents say is a conflict of interest. They want local =
police to conduct the written and proficiency tests, as well as =
background checks on gun buyers.=20

"We've learned the hard way that guns are just as potentially deadly as =
automobiles, even in the hands of the most law-abiding citizens," said =
the author, Assembly Majority Leader Kevin Shelley, D-San Francisco.=20

A similar bill is pending in the Senate, authored by Sens. Jack Scott, =
D-Altadena, and Don Perata, D-Oakland.=20

Shelley and other backers said gun owners should be licensed every four =
years in the same way drivers are licensed.=20

"It turns all the law enforcement departments in the state into mini-DMV =
(Department of Motor Vehicle) authorities," countered National Rifle =
Association liaison Ed Worley, continuing the same analogy. "He's trying =
to make it hard for people to buy a handgun."=20

The bill would cost millions and could take police off the street to =
teach and test gun owners, he argued.=20

Davis wants to see how existing gun laws work out before enacting more =
laws, spokesman Roger Salazar said.=20

California requires, among other things, a 10-day waiting period for the =
purchase of virtually any firearm. The state also bans ownership of =
several types of firearms that are legal in most other states.

Seventeen states have some sort of licensing requirement, according to =
the National Conference of State Legislatures.=20

-- Associated Press, Bee Staff Report

On the Net:=20

The bills, AB35 and SB52, can be read at www.leginfo.ca.gov




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<P>California handgun owners would have to demonstrate proficiency on =
the firing=20
range if legislation proposed Monday becomes law. <BR><BR>However, a =
spokesman=20
said Gov. Gray Davis remains cool to more gun laws unless there is an =
outcry=20
from law enforcement officials. <BR><BR>California has the toughest =
state laws=20
in the nation on gun ownership.<BR><BR>Gun buyers currently have to pass =
a=20
written test administered by gun shops, which proponents say is a =
conflict of=20
interest. They want local police to conduct the written and proficiency =
tests,=20
as well as background checks on gun buyers. <BR><BR>"We've learned the =
hard way=20
that guns are just as potentially deadly as automobiles, even in the =
hands of=20
the most law-abiding citizens," said the author, Assembly Majority =
Leader Kevin=20
Shelley, D-San Francisco. <BR><BR>A similar bill is pending in the =
Senate,=20
authored by Sens. Jack Scott, D-Altadena, and Don Perata, D-Oakland.=20
<BR><BR>Shelley and other backers said gun owners should be licensed =
every four=20
years in the same way drivers are licensed. <BR><BR>"It turns all the =
law=20
enforcement departments in the state into mini-DMV (Department of Motor =
Vehicle)=20
authorities," countered National Rifle Association liaison Ed Worley, =
continuing=20
the same analogy. "He's trying to make it hard for people to buy a =
handgun."=20
<BR><BR>The bill would cost millions and could take police off the =
street to=20
teach and test gun owners, he argued. <BR><BR>Davis wants to see how =
existing=20
gun laws work out before enacting more laws, spokesman Roger Salazar =
said.=20
<BR><BR>California requires, among other things, a 10-day waiting period =
for the=20
purchase of virtually any firearm. The state also bans ownership of =
several=20
types of firearms that are legal in most other states.<BR><BR>Seventeen =
states=20
have some sort of licensing requirement, according to the National =
Conference of=20
State Legislatures. <BR><BR>-- Associated Press, Bee Staff =
Report<BR><BR>On the=20
Net: <BR><BR>The bills, AB35 and SB52, can be read at <A target=3Dnew=20
href=3D"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov">www.leginfo.ca.gov</A></P>
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