Next week, the Assembly Public Safety Committee will be taking up AB 1695, which will continuously appropriate gun purchasers’ involuntary contributions to the Firearms Safety and Enforcement Special Fund for the purposes of sending a mailed notice to gun purchasers reminding them of a tiny fraction of the thousands of statutes and regulations that govern the acquisition, possession, transport, storage, carry, loan, use, and transfer of firearms.

Strangely, firearm purchasers would only receive this mailing after paying their fees, passing a test on firearm law and safety, and receiving their certification (which remains valid for 5 years).

The senseless redundancy of AB 1695 is many-fold. Many of the laws cited in the notice content are, in fact, the same laws that the purchaser is complying with by conducting a lawful firearm transfer at a licensed dealer.Those same laws are required to be posted in plain view at the point of sale.

With the Department of Justice processing nearly one million firearm transactions in California on an annual basis, AB 1695 represents the needless waste of forests of paper, pallets of printer toner, and tons of disposed DOJ junk mail every year.

All paid for by YOU and ALL other gun owners in the State.

HOW TO FIGHT:

1. Sign the petition below opposing AB 1695

2. CALL the author of the bill and ask that he pull the bill from the hearing. It is a ludicrous idea; one that needs to go away

3. CALL the Assemblymembers listed below -- ask them to "vote NO on AB 1695"

4. Share this email and help us get the word out -- time is of the essence

BILL DETAILS:

AUTHOR: Asm. Rob Bonta (D - Alameda).

WHAT IT DOES: AB 1695 seeks to continuously appropriate gun purchasers’ involuntary contributions to the Firearms Safety and Enforcement Special Fund for the purposes of sending a mailed notice to gun purchasers reminding them of a tiny fraction of the thousands of statutes and regulations that govern the acquisition, possession, transport, storage, carry, loan, use, and transfer of firearms.

LOCATION: Assembly Public Safety Committee.

STATUS: AB 1695 will be voted on next Tuesday, March 15th. If passed, it will head to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

CALL THE AUTHOR AND ASK HIM TO REMOVE THE BILL FROM THE HEARING!

Asm.Rob Bonta - (916) 319-2018

CALL THESE ASSEMBLYMEMBERS NOW!

It takes less than 3 minutes to help us fight this bill. Call every one of these Assemblymembers and ask them to "vote no on AB 1695."
Asm. Bill Quirk - (916) 319-2020
Asm. Melissa Melendez - (916) 319-2067
Asm. Reggie Jones-Sawyer - (916) 319-2059
Asm. Tom Lackey - (916) 319-2036
Asm. Patty Lopez - (916) 319-2039
Asm. Evan Low - (916) 319-2028
Asm. Miguel Santiago - (916) 319-2053