NRA Challenges California On Ammo Regulations

By Tom Knighton

If there was any doubt that the state of California had an issue with guns, that should be removed after this year. After all, California not only pushed through laws regulating the sale of ammunition but also ordered one of their agencies to come up with the relevant regulations…only to have the deadline missed. Now, it seems that the state won’t have rules in place for dealers to sell ammo on January 1, when the new law takes effect.

Enter the NRA’s Institution for Legislative Affairs, which issued a letter to demand a stay of enforcement of these new rules.

Last week, NRA and CRPA attorneys submitted a letter to California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and the California Department of Justice, Bureau of Firearms, requesting an official stay of enforcement of the new ammunition vendor requirements and clarification on the intentions regarding enforcement of the new law.

Recent changes to California law require ammunition vendors, businesses that sell ammunition but who are not licensed to sell firearms, to be in possession of a valid ammunition vendor license by January 1, 2018 in order to continue selling ammunition in California. The law required DOJ to implement the necessary …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms