In California; Lawmakers Push “Gun-Megeddon”, Citizens Buy Guns

By Jenn Jacques

In the wake of the terrorist attack in San Bernardino, CA last December, Californians have been buying guns at a record-breaking pace. But what are the lawmakers in the Golden State doing?

Pushing a package of 10 gun control bills that gun owners in the state are calling “Gun-Megeddon”.

“Gun-Megeddon is definitely coming to pass,” said Craig DeLuz of the Firearms Policy Coalition.

Yesterday, 8 of the 10 bills in the Gun-Megeddon package were approved in California. One of the bills voted through the state Senate Public Safety Committee was SB 880. If passed into law, the bill would ban sales of semiautomatic, centerfire rifles with a magazine-releasing “bullet button” and any Californian who owns one would be required to register them as “assault rifles” with the state.

“Today we want to make criminals out of law-abiding citizens who have been collecting guns,” said Sen. John Moorlach (R-Costa Mesa), who voted against the bill.

“When two radicalized assailants used those bullet button weapons to shoot 36 people in a San Bernardino community building in a span of less than four minutes,” said Ari Freilich with the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

“We continue to oppose banning guns for citizens who have …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms