‘Ammo control’ picks up steam among Democrats aiming to
limit gun access
Dimitry Lazar fires his 9mm pistol at targets at the
Firing-Line indoor range and gun shop, Thursday, July 26, 2012, in
Aurora, Colo. The massacre
inside a crowded Colorado movie theater has
prompted a sudden increase in gun sales and ... more >
By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times - Thursday,
October 15, 2015
With 300 million firearms in circulation and calls for more
restrictions hitting a wall, Democrats and gun control advocates
from California
to Virginia are increasingly turning to other proposals such as restricting
ammunition and magazine rounds and narrowing the ability to wield weapons.
California Lt. Gov. Gavin
Newsom, who is running for the Democratic gubernatorial
nomination in 2018, released a statewide ballot campaign Thursday to require
background checks for ammunition purchases.
“Why is it that we have background checks for guns but not
background checks for ammunition? It makes no sense,” Mr. Newsom said at
his press conference in San Francisco.
“California can set the tone for the rest of the nation with
these common-sense public safety provisions,” he said. “We will lead the
nation. We’ll be the only state in America that has background checks on
point-of-sale purchases of ammunition.”
The proposed 2016 initiative would require instant
background checks at the point of sale and ban the possession of ammunition
magazines with over 10 rounds. Given that California already bans the sale and
manufacture of magazines over 10 rounds, the proposal would give California the
toughest ammo restrictions in the nation.
New York also requires instant ammunition
background checks as part of its 2013 SAFE Act, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat,
suspended the provision in July, citing an inadequate state database.
“New York tried. California will be the first to do it,”
said Mr. Newsom.
“California will step up and step into this debate in a meaningful way. And
I’ll say this to the NRA with all due respect that you can intimidate
politicians — we’ve seen them. But you can’t intimidate the public. That’s why
we’re bringing this directly to the public.”
Efforts to restrict ammunition may sound less alarming to
the average voter than attempts to ban guns, but they’re no more acceptable to
gun rights advocates, who vowed to fight the proposed California initiative.
“If Gavin Newsom wants
to declare war on law-abiding gun owners and Second Amendment rights, we’re
certainly going to bring the fight to him,” Firearms Policy Coalition President
Brandon Combs said in a statement.
The Newsom measure also would require owners to report lost
or stolen guns to law enforcement, and would set up a process to confiscate
firearms from illegal owners such as felons.
Amy Hunter, a spokeswoman for the National Rifle Association
Institute for Legislative Action, said the effort to restrict ammunition sales
represents another step in the march to erode the rights of law-abiding gun
owners.
“California illustrates the true gun-control agenda, which
is the ultimate confiscation and banning of firearms. If Gavin Newsom gets
his way, the state will be the next Australia,” Ms. Hunter said in a statement.
“His ballot initiative proposal does nothing but prohibit
access to the most effective methods for self-defense, with no measurable
positive effect on stopping crime or improving public safety,” she said. “They
can’t repeal the Second Amendment, so they’re trying to chip away our rights
until there is nothing left.”
Also on Thursday, gun control advocates got a victory on the
other side of the country as Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, signed
an executive order that bans the carrying of firearms in some state government
buildings.
The order also sets up a joint task force to prosecute gun
crimes, requires the tracing of every gun used in a crime and gives the
attorney general power for more robust prosecution of gun crimes.
Gavin Newsom
Gavin
Newsom was invited to George Soros’s
2013 wedding reception, and is a director
at the Center for Arms Control and
Non-Proliferation (think tank).
Note: George Soros was married in 2013, the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a
benefactor for the Harlem Children's
Zone, William D. Zabel was his divorce
lawyer, and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, the Sundance Institute, the Harlem Children's Zone, and Human Rights First.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the American Constitution Society, and Human Rights First.
George
Wallerstein is a senior director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, and an advisory board
member for the Center for Arms Control
and Non-Proliferation (think tank).
Eric H. Holder Jr.
was an intern at the NAACP Legal Defense
& Educational Fund, a board member for the American Constitution Society, and the attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice.
Raben
Group is the lobby firm for the NAACP
Legal Defense & Educational Fund, and the Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
Robert
Raben is the president for the Raben
Group, an assistant attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice, and a director at the American Constitution Society.
Mario
M. Cuomo was a board of adviser’s member for the American Constitution Society, and Andrew M. Cuomo & Maria
Cuomo Cole’s father.
Andrew
M. Cuomo is Mario M. Cuomo’s son,
and the New York state government
governor.
Maria Cuomo Cole
is Mario M. Cuomo’s daughter,
married to Kenneth D. Cole, and a
trustee at the Brady Center to Prevent
Gun Violence.
Kenneth
D. Cole is married to Maria Cuomo
Cole, and a trustee at the Sundance
Institute.
Brady
Center to Prevent Gun Violence is a “Gun
Safety” group for guns.
Mayors
Against Illegal Guns is a “Gun
Safety” group for guns.
Everytown
for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety”
group for guns.
Americans
for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun
Safety” PAC for guns.
Michael R.
Bloomberg is a co-chair for the Mayors
Against Illegal Guns, the founder for Everytown
for Gun Safety, was a contributor for Americans
for Responsible Solutions, the New
York (NY) mayor, and a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.
Raben
Group is the lobby firm for the Mayors
Against Illegal Guns, and the NAACP
Legal Defense & Educational Fund.
George
Wallerstein is a senior director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, and an advisory board
member for the Center for Arms Control
and Non-Proliferation (think tank).
Gavin
Newsom is a director at the Center
for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation (think tank), the lieutenant
governor for the California state
government, and was invited to George
Soros’s 2013 wedding reception.
Jerry
Brown is the California state
government governor, and Kathleen L.
Brown’s brother.
Kathleen L. Brown
was the California state government
treasurer, is Jerry Brown’s sister,
and a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
Valerie B. Jarrett
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack
Obama administration, and was a director at the Joyce Foundation.
Joyce Foundation
was a funder for the Brady Center to
Prevent Gun Violence.
Brady
Center to Prevent Gun Violence is a “Gun
Safety” group for guns.
R.
Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Newton
N. Minow is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Mark
A. Angelson was a partner at Sidley
Austin LLP, and a director at Human
Rights First.
James
D. Zirin is a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, and was a director at Human
Rights First.
William
D. Zabel is the chair for Human
Rights First, was a trustee at the Foundation
to Promote Open Society, and George Soros’s divorce lawyer.
Kenneth R.
Feinberg is a director at the Human
Rights First, and was the administrator of victim payments for the 2012 Aurora (CO) theater shootings.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for Human Rights First, the NAACP
Legal Defense & Educational Fund, the Sundance Institute, and the Harlem
Children's Zone.
George
Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society, William D.
Zabel was his divorce lawyer, a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, married
in 2013, and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for Human
Rights First, and the American
Constitution Society.
Mario
M. Cuomo was a board of adviser’s member for the American Constitution Society, and Andrew M. Cuomo & Maria
Cuomo Cole’s father.
Andrew
M. Cuomo is Mario M. Cuomo’s son,
and the New York state government
governor.
Maria Cuomo Cole
is Mario M. Cuomo’s daughter,
married to Kenneth D. Cole, and a
trustee at the Brady Center to Prevent
Gun Violence.
Brady
Center to Prevent Gun Violence is a “Gun
Safety” group for guns.
Eric H. Holder Jr.
was a board member for the American
Constitution Society, an intern at the NAACP
Legal Defense & Educational Fund, and the attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice.
George
Wallerstein is a senior director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, and an advisory board
member for the Center for Arms Control
and Non-Proliferation (think tank).
Gavin
Newsom is a director at the Center
for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation (think tank), the lieutenant
governor for the California state
government, and was invited to George
Soros’s 2013 wedding reception.
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