Posted July 3, 2019 8:30 am by Comments

By Tom Knighton

The idea of running a background check for ammo is ridiculous. Especially since there’s absolutely no way to prevent it from crossing state lines. It’s highly unlikely that anyone outside of the state will refuse to sell to Californians, after all.

In other words, it’s useless.

However, as of July 1, it’s the law. Also however, leave it to California to pass something and then completely screw up the rollout.

California’s new ammunition background check law began Monday not with a bang but with a whimper from dealers who reported delays and glitches with the state’s online system.

But they said few customers were affected because most had stockpiled bullets or shotgun shells in the weeks before the new law took effect.

Voters in 2016 approved requiring criminal background checks for every ammunition purchase. But the state’s latest attempt to deter gun violence only took effect Monday.

Vendors the length of California were frustrated by online snags including their inability to readily log in to the new system that is supposed to let them background-check customers with the state, though some put it down to a predicable learning curve.

Chuck Michel, an attorney for the National Rifle Association and the affiliated California Rifle & …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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