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ACTION NEEDED NOW: STATE LEGISLATURE TO VOTE ON AMMO REGISTRATION BILL
SB 53 (De Leon) would: 1) require all ammunition purchasers to submit specified personal information that would be retained on file with the Department of Justice, 2) ban the mail order and internet purchase of shotgun and rifle ammunition, subject to exceptions, and 3) place a fee and other requirements on ammunition vendors.
While recent amendments to SB 53 would remove the ammunition purchase permit fee and exempt licensed hunters from the ban on mail order and internet purchases of ammunition, significant problems remain with the bill.
Licensed hunters purchasing commonly used sporting ammunition would still have to fulfill SB 53's registration requirements, including providing their name, driver's license, birth date, address, telephone number, as well as the brand, type and amount ammunition purchased.
The separate fee and costs of SB 53 compliance to ammunition vendors would force some retailors to stop selling ammunition altogether. Alternatively, retailers would be forced to pass those costs onto consumers, which will further raise expenses on licensed hunters.
By still banning non-licensed hunters from purchasing ammunition over the Internet or through mail order, excise tax (Pittman-Robertson) revenues from ammunition purchases will decrease, which will negtaively affect funding for state hunting programs and wildlife conservation purposes.
SB 53 (DeLeon) will be voted on in the State Legislature over the next several days. Please contact your representative ASAP to oppose this harmful and unnecessary bill.
SB 53 (De Leon) would: 1) require all ammunition purchasers to submit specified personal information that would be retained on file with the Department of Justice, 2) ban the mail order and internet purchase of shotgun and rifle ammunition, subject to exceptions, and 3) place a fee and other requirements on ammunition vendors.
While recent amendments to SB 53 would remove the ammunition purchase permit fee and exempt licensed hunters from the ban on mail order and internet purchases of ammunition, significant problems remain with the bill.
Licensed hunters purchasing commonly used sporting ammunition would still have to fulfill SB 53's registration requirements, including providing their name, driver's license, birth date, address, telephone number, as well as the brand, type and amount ammunition purchased.
The separate fee and costs of SB 53 compliance to ammunition vendors would force some retailors to stop selling ammunition altogether. Alternatively, retailers would be forced to pass those costs onto consumers, which will further raise expenses on licensed hunters.
By still banning non-licensed hunters from purchasing ammunition over the Internet or through mail order, excise tax (Pittman-Robertson) revenues from ammunition purchases will decrease, which will negtaively affect funding for state hunting programs and wildlife conservation purposes.
SB 53 (DeLeon) will be voted on in the State Legislature over the next several days. Please contact your representative ASAP to oppose this harmful and unnecessary bill.
