California Approved Proposition 63, Gun Rights Groups Ready to Take Action

By Erika Haas

California voters approved Proposition 63 on Tuesday 63-37 percent, and gun rights activists aren’t happy about it.

Proposition 63, also known as the “Safety for All” bill, was proposed by California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom. The proposition calls for expanded background checks, specifically background checks when purchasing ammunition and magazines. Those selling ammunition will also have to register for a license to do so. In other words, ammunition and magazine sales will now operate the same as gun sales. The proposition also bans large-capacity ammunition magazines (magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds).

Attorney Chuck Michel, who is also the president of the California Rifle and Pistol Association (CRPA), claims that now – with a Republican president in office – is the time to take legal action against Proposition 63 and other questionable gun laws.

“With our victory in the presidential election, successful legal challenges will now be filed against all these new ill-conceived and unconstitutional laws, and those cases will be heard by a new Supreme Court that will see these laws as the Second Amendment violations that they are,” explained Michel in an official statement on Wednesday.

The CRPA, the National Rifle Association and a number of law enforcement …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms