From ba-firearms-request Mon Mar 14 09:54:03 1994 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by jobe.shell.portal.com (8.6.4/8.6.4) id JAA02948; Mon, 14 Mar 1994 09:53:44 -0800 Errors-to: ca-firearms-request@shell.portal.com Sender: ca-firearms-request@shell.portal.com Precedence: bulk Received: from nova.unix.portal.com (nova.unix.portal.com [156.151.1.101]) by jobe.shell.portal.com (8.6.4/8.6.4) with ESMTP id JAA02940 for ; Mon, 14 Mar 1994 09:53:42 -0800 Received: from hound.edaca.ingr.com (hound.dazixca.ingr.com [129.135.106.43]) by nova.unix.portal.com (8.6.4/8.6.5) with SMTP id JAA26063 for ; Mon, 14 Mar 1994 09:53:29 -0800 Received: by hound.edaca.ingr.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA01278; Mon, 14 Mar 94 09:52:29 PST From: crphilli@hound.edaca.ingr.com (Ron Phillips) Message-Id: <9403141752.AA01278@hound.edaca.ingr.com> Subject: NRA FAX-NEWS 03/11/94 To: ca-firearms@shell.portal.com (California Firearms), rkba-alert@mainstream.com (rkba-alert), cpresson@jido.b30.ingr.com (Craig Presson), pnesbitt@mcimail.com (Peter Nesbitt), plw@netcom.com (Paul Woodside) Date: Mon, 14 Mar 94 9:52:28 PST X-Mailer: ELM [version 06.00.01.12 (2.3 PL11)] Status: R **** NRA FAX-NEWS **** **** March 11, 1994 **** NRA-ILA 555 Capitol Mall, Suite 455 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone : (916) 446-2455 FAX : (916) 448-7469 ====================================================================== *** FEDERAL LEGISLATION *** A. ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN The House is considering Senator Dianne Feinstein's (D-CA) amendment apart from the crime bill. This amendment will create an "assault weapons" ban on the federal level. Contact your representatives and encourage them to vote "NO" on Senator Feinstein's amendment. (California residents: Representative Bill Thomas (Bakersfield) has assured NRA staff in Headquarters that he will vote NO. Thanks for your calls. Please focus your efforts on Representative Elton Gallegly (Oxnard) at (805) 485-2300 or (202) 225-8045.) B. BRADY BILL AND PAWN SHOPS As you may know BATF and California DOJ are requiring a DROS ($14) and a 15-day wait when the owner tries to get a firearm out of pawn. To add "misery to sorrow", on April 1, 1994 the owner will also need a basic firearms safety certificate to get the firearm out of pawn. Expect DOJ and California firearm dealers to go into "meltdown" on April 2, 1994. [My comment: There are been reports of gunowners having to pay the $14 DROS fee to dealers when picking up their firearms after being repaired by gunsmiths.] *** STATE (California) LEGISLATION *** A. ROBERTI-ROOS ASSAULT WEAPON CONTROL ACT There is now a stay pending a further order of the court. The Attorney General cannot begin the process of adding guns to the list until the stay is lifted. We have no idea when or if that will occur. B. SB 1128 "High-Capacity Magazine Ban" The following is the body of a letter which was delivered to all members of the Assembly today: "On March 17, 1994, SB 1128 will be brought to a vote in the Assembly. The bill would impose a variety of restrictions on "high capacity" magazines. SB 1128 is not a "ban" but rather a scheme to increase fees on legitimate firearm owners. The provisions of the bill would have little or no effect on "crooks" but would pose a real threat to honest citizens. I have attached a letter that I sent to Senator Roberti concerning the problems associated with SB 1128. He has not challenged any of my assertions. I have also attached a copy of a story from this morning's Sacramento Bee concerning the Roberti-Roos Assault Weapon Control Act (AWCA). Senator Roberti has rightly linked the AWCA and SB 1128. The AWCA was a nightmare for law enforcement and SB 1128 would present even more problems. Senator Roberti has caused a major increase in the sale of semiautomatic firearms and now he is inadvertently trying to do the same thing with "high capacity" magazines. SB 1128 is neither well-conceived nor well-drafted and it deserves a NO vote. Sincerely," We need *YOUR* help to beat SB 1128! ====================================================================== -- ************************************************************ * Ron Phillips crphilli@hound.edaca.ingr.com * * Senior Customer Engineer * * Intergraph Electronics * * 381 East Evelyn Avenue VOICE: (415) 691-6473 * * Mountain View, CA 94041 FAX: (415) 691-0350 * ************************************************************