Starting July 1, 2021, California residents will be prohibited from buying more than one semiautomatic rifle per month. And, starting Jan. 1, 2020, California residents under the age of 21 will be banned from purchasing a semiautomatic rifle.
Both measures are part of Senate Bill 61, which was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom back in October as part of a larger legislative effort to restrict 2A rights in the Golden State.
“Gun violence is an epidemic in this country, one that’s been enflamed by the inaction of politicians in Washington,” said Gov. Newsom in a statement. “While Washington has refused to act on even the most basic gun safety reforms, California is once again leading the nation in passing meaningful gun safety reforms.”
Prior to the passage of SB 61, residents under 21 could purchase a rifle if they had a valid hunting license. But state Sen. Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge), the sponsor of SB61, believed it was time to put a stop to that following a shooting at the Chabad of Poway synagogue in Poway, CA, on April 27, 2019.
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“These particular violent weapons are not needed for hunting and have become increasingly the gun of choice for mass shootings,” Portantino told SacBee. “We felt very strongly that the hunter’s exemption needed to be removed for this weapon.”
The 19-year-old killer, who did not have a valid hunting license, still managed to purchase a firearm from a San Diego gun store. Portantino believes that although a myriad of existing laws failed to prevent the attack, one more might do the trick next time around.
“Though that shooter did not have a valid hunting license at the time of his gun purchase, that horrible situation highlighted the need for immediate action,” Portantino explained.
Gun-rights advocates disagree. Alan Gottlieb, the founder of the Second Amendment Foundation, told GunsAmerica in an email that this new law is “stupid.”
“Another stupid anti-gun law. How many criminals use more than one semi-auto rifle when they commit a crime? Like zero,” said Gottlieb.
“This is just to demonize firearms and attack constitutional rights and will have no impact on keeping anyone safe,” he added.
Pass what you want. We’re not complying with anything any longer that violates our Constitutional rights. You sweethearts in Sacramento can knock yourself out, for as long as this state is still a part of the United States my rights as an American by birth will always supersede anything and any law you enact that infringes on the same. By the way, I have declared my home a 2nd Amendment sanctuary. If you can pick and choose what our Constitution means to your opinions and vision of enslavement. I will do the same. FA&FO
to joe biden and nancy pelosi when you greet someone do you say hello or good morning or do you click your heels together raise your arm and shout seig hiel’ commie bastards’
I read these comments over and over and the same issue laws are passed over and over!!! If you get out and VOTE, get of your dead as- and do something about those idiots who are writing and passing them! FOLKS, IF THEY ARE NOT IN OFFICE, NO IT OFFICE! Vote, Vote, Vote!
When you have dead people in the State voting you don’t have much of a chance.
Oh wow…another worthless law passed. Idiots!
California full of Dumb people. They are leaving that state by the thousands. Only problem is where ever they move they try and conform the people whose state they move in to think as they do. Not about guns, about life in general. They have polluted Oregon, Washington and have infected Idaho. Now they are flooding the great state of Tennessee. You are welcome here. Just accept our values. Quit trying to change them. They stand out like a terd in a punch bowl.
Well, I hope MS-18 and Cali Cartel comply with these new laws…….
So I guess homelessness and shitting in the street is not a real serious problem in Cali. Guns are a minor issue in comparison to the mentally ill and drug induced nutjobs running around. The sooner Cali breaks off and slides into the ocean the better!
I just wish these nut jobs, AKA Californian, would stay there. Unfortunately they have spread out like the vermin they are and are infecting the rest of the nation.
Fine, can’t be responsible enough to own, then can’t be responsible enough to vote.
Stupidity is an epidemic in the democrat party.
These anti gun politicians also fail to admit even though their own government agencies tell them gun control will not work that there are more deaths as a result of ,knives -blunt instruments( bats or clubs ) or fists and or kicking. There is no way to compare the deaths as a result of drunk drivers or drug overdoses or for medical mistakes. Look at the number of people that die each year from the flu. Yes the flu. Start putting all this wasted money on mental health instead of the hair brain laws. Stop the college professors from spouting their political brainwashing agendas to their students. If they will not quit the brainwashing then get rid of them. Also the firearm that is most used illegally is not a rifle but a pistol .
the real problem is that it is easier to pass a new law than it is to enforce any of the dozen laws that are there already. If a person breaks any law pertaining to firearms there should be MANDATORY penalties. The criminal does the time OR the judge ! We all know that people get a free pass or reduced sentence because jails are to crowded etc. but that is the problem ..Soft enforcement..
Interesting. In 2017, there were 39,773 deaths by gun in the U.S. Only 4% (581), involved a rifle. Good to see CA is, again, leading the nation in meaningless laws which impress their supporters.
Let CA become another country…..please….
1.4%
That’s OK. The government only allows me 1 social security check each month too!
The magical age of 21. Yeah, that law also works well to keep alcohol out of the hands of minors…idiots. Great law, now a california judge can add another charge ( that will be dropped) to somebody that has committed murder with an illegally obtained firearm.
To some folks who do not live in California or travel to California these numerous California Gun and ammunition laws seem like a comedy, “oh look what those liberals out in California are doing now”, but let me tell you these new California laws as related to guns and to ammunition are a real nightmare.
We in California have not received much support from the United States Supreme Court regarding our Second Amendment rights under the Constitution of the United States of America.
For years we have not been able to purchase two handguns on the same background investigation form and now California seeks to limit semi-automatic rifle purchases in the same way.
What is not so humorous is, if a movement by state legislators can happen in one state then that same movement can also spread to other states like wildfire.
Just saying that we are all fish in the same kettle and the politicians are really turning up the heat.
Whether California Governor Gavin Newsome is recalled and loses his job will remain to be seen in November of 2020 by ballot but the effect of all the bad laws he passed will remain until they are also removed.
No problem, so while a jihadist carefully plans his attack over the course of a year, he can accumulate 12 rifles.
Yeah, that makes SO much sense, eh?
According to the mentality of the anti-gun movement, every bill which restricts the rights of law-abiding citizens to own firearms automatically reduces crime, so after all the legal guns in America have been confiscated, violent crime will come to a screeching halt because criminals will then respect the law by turning theirs in.
Are these people ignorant or stupid? Or do they just have a specific agenda? Since there already are a multitude of laws that, if did as the authors intended, should have already done what California intends with this new piece of legislation. But then again, they completely ignore any of the statistics that make a farce of most of their gun control legislation.
If the liberals are correct, then I wish they would explain the serious rise in armed robberies using handguns in the UK where private ownership has been all but outlawed for the past 50 years.
Not one of them can explain it.
They can not explain why leaders of Poland and Ukraine have openly supported private ownership in light of Soviet aggression in their attempt to rebuild the USSR.
They can not explain why, in Australia, years after bans, thousands more arms get turned in.
They can not explain the people of New Zealand who openly challenged and refused having their rights to private ownership taken away.
They can not explain why, in every place in the USA where bans and gun controls have been instituted, many thousands of gun owners have been Civilly Disobedient.
This article is ridiculous. The entire last paragraph is complete BS and no one wants to take anyones guns away, it’s gun safery not gun removal that we support. The truth is that hunters don’t need semi automatic weapons unless they’re hunting people.
What are you smoking? If I were hunting people, an assault weapon would be used and it certainly would be a fully auto weapon. Ask our military services what they use.
I guess jrisa has never been assaulted, robbed or mugged. Weve had numerous problems and have caught punks 4-5 at time vandalizing our cars robbing our homes and stalking. We live in nice private area but they come all time. I hope when you work 60+ hours a week and someone cleans you out and your insurance is canceled and your family is not able to pick up & move to even higher rents youll be able to exercise your right to protect yourself and property. Come up here and sit on hold w 911 for an hour and hope someone in your neighborhood is armed cuz believe me no else is coming! our power goes out all time weve been evac due to ca fires and everytime we get punks looking for opportunities and yes they are dangerous w crowbars and knives ass prying instruments and weapons. Grow up lady!
You just can’t fix stupid!
Especially in Commiefornia.
How much more will it take before we see armed revolution against this garbage? Instead of fleeing and spreading the infection fight damn it!
The only gun violence “epidemic” is in the Democrat controlled big cities…just sayin’.
BINGO! Folks we have a winner.
To all the morons in office: murder is already against the law in all 50 states. Do you really think 1 more stupid gun law is going to stop anything?
Sounds like gun sales will skyrocket in Nevada and Arizona!
You gotta love liberal bullshit!! That libiot called a gun VIOLENT!!! Could someone please tell the libiots that inanimate objects cannot be violent?? It’s always the person committing violence and crime.
Here, we have a classic example of how stupid liberals truly are!! Let’s see now. Another ineligible person breaks the law by purchasing a gun!!! So, now they come up with another useless and baseless law to restrict guns from law abiding citizens!! This person did not use more than one gun in this crime and he had never purchased more than one gun a month, anyway. How does this help anything or anyone in that situation?? These libtards are only creating FEEL GOOD LAWS to make themselves feel good. These laws only punish good people and we’re sick of this bullshit! Why is it so hard for libiots to do the right thing? Like, obey our laws and stop shitting on the constitution. Why is it so hard for them to leave us the hell alone.
Their NOT creating gun laws to make themselves feel good, they’re creating them to TAKE AWAY OUR GUNS. That way we can’t threaten to take away their POWER. Isn’t socialism great (NOT).
Farts are violent. So I guess that means my ass is too?
This just adds to the reasons why people are leaving Kalifornia
So does that mean all those in the military under the age of 21 have to use slingshots?
There’s something better they can use, their vote to vote all the lying, misinforming politicians in Sacramento out of office
SIGN THE GAVIN NEWSOM RECALL PETITION!
Exactly why is this ‘stupid’? Maybe it prevents an unscrupulous but otherwise vetted gun buyer from purchasing multiple rifles simultaneously and then selling them at a profit to criminals, etc., then merely reporting them as stolen. That’s a pretty lucrative business in certain areas that occurs more often than people care to admit to.
As always, merely my thoughts & your mileage may vary.
Its stupid because criminals will find other ways to get a gun either by stealing them or trading for them with drugs. Only law abiding citizens get screwed over by “gun control”.
Ok who specifically is selling guns they purchase to criminals? You said it happens a lot I’m sure you can think of one name. The very very few FFLs we still have in California are breaking the law? I’m sure you have credible proof of your wildly unfounded accusation? Oh well just in case let’s just say fuck you law abiding citizens a criminal out there might break the law.
Michael, it is not unusual for a collector to come across multiple items for sale thru an auction or a private transaction. Most collectors have an ATF license to obtain these items. It would appear that in California, you can only purchase one such collectible item each month. Why? To what purpose? Semi-automatic firearms date back to the late 1800’s (e.g. Broomhandle handgun). Further, I would appreciate your proof that straw purchases “occur more often that people care to admit to”.
Okay comrade. We know whose side you’re on
Michael B. Are you not aware that what you illustrate is already a very serious felony? Are you not aware that almost ZERO percent of guns used in crimes are purchased by straw buyers? The scenario you portray of people buying new guns, selling them, then reporting them as stolen, is a very rare, almost-never, occurrence. Your comment to the contrary only shows that you know how to fabricate a tale.
Name for me some of these “often” occurring instances, where this exact thing has been proven to have been done. I will be waiting.
Before you run your A–hole you to be abreast of the gun laws. Question 1. On the background check states “Are you buying this gun for your own personal use?” You start buying several of these and report them stolen, lost or sell them. Won’t be long before you loose your right to buy. That questions arebask for a reason. To prevent such from happening. ATF sees a pattern of this your going to jail. You loose your right to own. Most people fear loosing this right as much as the plague. Dumb Ass
While Congress may not have acted to enact, improve gun safety laws this CA legislation will do nothing to keep illegal weapons and legal weapons out of the hands of people who should not have them. This is nothing but pandering socialist related legislation designed to keep and limit weapons from the hands of sane and responsible gun owners.
So, when a 30 year old whacko shoots something up next year, will the purchasing age be raised again?
CA can pass any gun law they want. With commies holding all branches of government I’m surprised that they allow the private ownership of any firearms. If there are any pro gun voters in that state, they are either outnumbered or just don’t care about gun rights.
The pussies in California could learn something from The Citizens in Virginia.
Except VA has turned blue, especially in NOVA…and the governor intends to seriously erode our gun rights…to the point of using the National Guard against citizens who do not comply.
I will NOT comply with restrictive and unconstitutional limits to my freedom.
I would hope that the VA National Guard would consider any such order to be unlawful and refuse to obey it!
One only has to look at hurricane Katrina.. law enforcement and national guard were going door to door confiscating firearms
Dumb ass, it has nothing to do with being a pussy or a tough guy. It has everything to do with Conservatives being outnumbered by the progressive and densely populated Bay Area and SoCal. California is a speeding train headed for a cliff. The faster it gets there and crashes, the faster we can rebuild it to being the envy of the world that it once was many decades ago. I vote conservative every election as well as all the conservatives I know. We have voted to recall Newscum. It won’t change anything until the Bay Area and SoCal burn or until CA splits into multiple states. But that’s a fantasy which is likely to never materialize. Up in NorCal, conservatives are more conservatives than many of you in “free states”.
Agree w everything you said, brother. I’d say that the Conservatives still in CA are hardly ‘pussies.’ We’re still here trying to do Our duty to fight the bullshit. The Libtards may be flanking us, but now we can attack in any direction. Ha
CA has been leftist for several decades, probably since the early 1970s. It especially worsened after Tom Bradley became mayor. To be sure, the inner city started to have problems in the mid 50s but the surrounding cities near downtown began collapsing in the early to mid 70s. I don’t know when Virginia became blue but I don’t think it became blue a long time ago like CA.
of course its a stupid law in calif,thats the only laws they make. because the governor is pelosis nephew. that witch runs calif.
Gun owners need to mobilize. The social movements in America that have successfully rallied support in the last 100 years did so by pressuring the media, the legislature and even the courts. Never has there been a time like the present. People like Newsom have to be stopped from violating our rights. California voters are the first in line–their failure to do so will make it very hard for the rest of us to aid them. President Trump has completely reshaped the 9th Circuit with excellent new judicial appointments. The environment has never been better for putting jerks like Newsom in his place.
Agree
The criminals don’t bother with purchasing guns legally. They burglarize your neighbor’s house (because they know by one look at you that you have no guns) and take all his guns. Evil exists. The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a gun. A bad guy includes a tyrannical government that strips away my right to defend myself.
Prime example is the White Settlement Church of Christ shooting. A good guy stopped a bad guy.