Arnold, the Second Amendment and SB962

Can you hear the bugle in the background?  Playing Taps?  The mournful sound that often signals the loss of someone or something very important!  Those of us that believe in the Bill of Rights which, contrary to some public opinion the Second Amendment is actually one of them, are slowly losing them in the backward state of California.

We want to let criminals out of jail early, the rights of the victims are being stomped on daily and now the Governor has decided that registering ammunition is a good idea.  No matter that the US Congress got rid of similar laws because they were totally ineffective.  In a state that cannot balance its budget, nor indeed even set a budget by the time set by STATE LAW, the find it a good idea to add paperwork and red tape because you want to buy ammunition for your already registered firearms.

Can you believe this crap?  This bill requires individuals purchasing ammunition be fingerprinted and registered at the time of sale, mandates that dealers keep these records and make them available for inspection by the California Department of Justice.  Ammunition retailers would also have to store ammunition in such a manner that it would be inaccessible to purchasers.  Finally, mail order ammunition sales are prohibited under AB962.

Let me say that again.  The dealer must fingerprint the purchaser and then the purchase must be registered and made available to the DOJ.  


The word often overlooked in the Second Amendment is "infringed".  The dictionary defines infringed as To transgress or exceed the limits of; violate".  It certainly seems this is an infringement to me.

Here is a copy of the letter I wrote to Arnold.

I wanted to voice my opinion and one that is shared with many people I know. The signing of SB962 is very concerning and upsetting to me. The United States Congress abolished similar legislation because it found it did nothing to help to prevent or solve crimes. And if it does not do either of those two things all it can do is add more paperwork and the registering of owners of firearms.

The simple fact is, and is a very common sense thought is that those that are criminals will not obey the law and those that are not criminals should not be singled out in this way.

I understand that there is a great deal of argument about what rights the second amendment gives the citizens of the USA. There is also much disagreement about how the second amendment relates to specific states. It is funny though that is not a question on the other entries in the Bill of Rights. Can you imagine the outcry if we were told that in order to say or write something for public consumption we would have to get fingerprinted and have it monitored by the Department of Justice?

The laws on the books in this state concerning firearms and the right to keep and bear them are already far past the state of being infringed. What goes next? How about our fourth amendment rights? Or are these rights that are supposedly guaranteed by our forefathers and all the men and women who have fought and died for those rights only a suggestion that can be taken or ignored by the states.

I have lived all my life in California. Unfortunately with the erosion of our rights, not to mention such things as the taxes, are making me look to other states as my home. As a Registered Nurse (by the way groups like California Nursing Association do not speak for all nurses or other medical professionals) I am able to work anywhere in the Country. I hate to give up the state I grew up in believed in but the rights of the criminals has become more important than the rights of the citizens and victims and with the signing of SB962 there is a further denial of our rights and it may have been the last straw for myself and family.

Thank You for your time,

Dennis Peek RN

Please write to our Governor and voice your displeasure respectfully and remember to vote for freedoms and rights that we are guaranteed (supposedly) when the time to vote comes around.

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