Posted May 12, 2015 10:00 am by Comments

By Robert Farago

Smart gun? (courtesy bsuinessinsider.com.au)

Firearms Policy Coalition press release:

Thanks to the efforts of thousands of dedicated gun owners who Took Action at FPC’s StopSB678.com and your Firearms Policy Coalition Direct Advocacy Division, California Senate Bill 678 stalled in the Senate Committee on Appropriations earlier this afternoon. SB 678 was referred to the Committee’s “suspense file” due to the bill’s fiscal implications and committee rules . . .

If passed, SB 678 would mandate a new user-authorized “smart gun” exploratory committee headed by anti-gun California Attorney General Kamala Harris and her Department of Justice. It would also mandate that DOJ report back to the Legislature after it identified, among other things, “market conditions and the barriers to the market for user-authorized firearms in the state.”

In FPC’s letter of opposition filed on May 6, President Brandon Combs argued among other things that,

“While SB 678 provides three express mandates….it fails to identify a single funding source. Accordingly, it must be assumed that the mandates in SB 678 would be paid for out of the State’s General Fund….In accordance with Senate Committee on Appropriations Rule 9 (“SUSPENSE FILE”), the Committee should refer SB 678 to the Suspense …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns

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