VICTORY! PRIORITY BILL PASSED ASSEMBLY

VICTORY! Thanks to all of your work here in Orange County and our other 25 Brady Chapters across the state.The Assembly voted 48 to 25 to pass one of our priority bills - AB 1964.  AB 1964 (Dickinson) California law requires that all semiautomatic handguns models sold in the state pass a series of safety tests and possess certain features to be placed on the roster of handguns approved for sale. Pistols that have been either temporarily, or permanently, altered to fire a single shot before reloading are exempt. Unscrupulous dealers are altering semi-automatic pistols to "single shot" weapons for the purpose of the sale and then immediately altering them back to the semi-automatic condition, thus circumventing the law. This bill would prohibit that practice. This is a priority bill for the Brady Campaign.  This is how our OC Assembly Members voted: AYES:  Sharon Quirk-Silva and Tom Daly NOES:  Travis Allen and Curt Wagner NOT VOTING:  Diane Harkey and Allan Mansoor  (This is essentially a "no vote" for practical purposes.) We now have contact information (telephone, fax, email and address) for all Assembly Members on our Website if you would like to express your thoughts to them regarding their votes! Not sure who represents you in the Assembly?  At the above link for Assembly Members you will find a link to type your address and find out.

HERE WE GO! CALLS FOR AB 1964 NEEDED NOW

This is the time of year where we will be notifying you of important gun bills that are about to come up for a FLOOR VOTE.  This is an important opportunity for you to have an impact in getting better laws for California.  Your past help has led us to the best state gun laws in the nation.  Let's keep it going with another call now for AB 1964. To find out more information about all our bills that CA Brady Chapters are supporting or opposing, please check out our website HERE.  Next up will likely be AB 1964. To find your Assembly Member via your address, please click here:  http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/ If you have any questions about the bills and/or want speakers and/or materials, please email us! Thank you for being a part of the solution to end gun violence. Charlie Blek, Chapter President

AB  1964 (Dickinson) Brady Campaign Priority Bill  to Preserve Our CA Unsafe Gun Act CALLS NEEDED NOW California law requires that all semiautomatic handgun models sold in the state pass a series of safety tests and possess certain features in order to be placed on the roster of handguns approved for sale. Pistols that have been either temporarily, or permanently, altered to fire a single shot before reloading are exempt. Unscrupulous dealers are altering semi-automatic pistols to "single shot" weapons for the purpose of the sale and then immediately altering them back to the semi-automatic condition, thus circumventing the law. This bill would prohibit that practice.