When it was originally proposed, they told voters that you’d just have to swipe your drivers license at the point of sale when you bought ammo, which didn’t seem like too much of an inconvenience. But they lied about that.
The new law requires all ammo sales to go through a background check. You also have to pay a background check fee, an additional tax, and you have to have a federally approved drivers license or a state drivers license plus a passport or a birth certificate just to buy ammo. And all your purchases are logged to a central database.
It gets better. You can only buy ammo for a firearm that you have registered in the state. You can’t buy any ammo for any firearm that the state doesn’t have in their registry. This is because the courts have ruled that you can’t force people to register their firearms. This way, politicians can ensure that either you registered your scary black rifle by the deadline last year, or you can’t buy any ammo for it.
Wait, there’s still more! When you buy ammo, and you fill out the forms, and pay the taxes and fees, and do another background check, that only the guy at the gun counter can sell you, they will give you a quiz based on the information you provided when you registered a previous weapon, like your home address at the time or something else.
Democrats think this is reasonable, but showing any form of ID to vote is ‘racist’. Are you kidding me?
What is the point of having a background check for ammo, if you’ve already passed a background check to purchase the gun?
“But this might reduce gun violence†they say. No it won’t. Not one bit. 80% of firearm homicides are committed by gang members with guns purchased on the black market. After they use a gun, they toss it down a sewer. They may buy one or two boxes of ammo for a gun and that’s it. They get the ammo with the gun they buy on the black market. If they need more, they just bring back a few boxes on their next trip to Vegas. People who shoot recreationally go through boxes of ammo in a single weekend. They will be the most affected.
“But this might reduce mass shootings.†Nope. California has every gun control law that has been proposed. All of them. And they’ve had 2 mass shootings in the past few months. Every time there is a shooting, democrats say “we need more gun controlâ€. California has all the gun control, and there are still homicides and shootings. Clearly, gun control is not the answer.
This is clearly designed to harass lawful gun owners exercising their fundamental rights. It is not meant to reduce mass shootings or gang violence.
– Ash Williams “I’m not a gun nut, I’m a freedom enthusiast” lived in California (1988-2014) Small-arms expert, fired around a half-million rounds over 30 years.
Ammo is quite expensive if you practice enough to be good. I buy 1000 rounds of 9mm every few months for the discount but it’s still close to $200. That’s just one caliber too, I shoot many calibers, so the cost of proficiency is not inexpensive. A tax high enough to deter people from buying it and thus presumably not become a murderer, would only interfere with the practice time of the law abiding. Criminals steal their guns and use whatever ammo is in it. So once again we’re looking at a proposal that only affects the law abiding.
Oh, and this isn’t a new concept, it’s been suggested many times and is, in fact, in violation of the 2nd amendment as determined by the courts. It’s like taxing the parking areas where you vote so that only the wealthy can afford to vote.
It is just another dirty, underhanded, dishonorable trick to try to ban guns de-facto, since gun bans de-jure have largely failed.
“Oh, we didn’t ban guns.â€
“Yeah, but I can find any ammo for love or money.â€
“Stop whining, you have your perfectly legal AK-15 death machine.â€
“Fine, I’ll just beat a mugger off with it then, shall I?â€
It’s also elitist and racist, since it will price the poor, many of whom are minorities, out of arms, while the rich just pay more for bullets.
Another point you maybe didn’t consider…Someone planning an attack is only going to buy ammunition once. Someone who keeps arms for self defense and practices regularly will buy ammunition again and again. So once again… only the law abiding are affected.