Legislature Returns to the State Capitol: BEWARE!

The California Senate and the Meeting have returned to the State Capitol right now (Monday, August 5) and the ultimate legislative push has begun.  Since that is an election yr, the 2023-2024 Session will formally shut down on August 31, which suggests the Hefty Leftys will attempt to inflict as a lot harm on Californians as doable within the house of 1 month.

GOC is armed, knowledgeable and able to go.

As we’ve reported all year long, there was a truckload of anti-Second Modification payments launched throughout this session – over 40 – and whereas there have been some actual unhealthy boys within the combine, most of them had been ridiculous in idea as they merely tried to unravel an issue that didn’t exist. Although a great variety of them appeared comparatively benign, they nonetheless chipped away at our rights, whether or not it was via protecting orders, security certificates modifications, or prohibited individuals.  GOC was laser targeted, nonetheless, on ensuring these insignificant nuisance payments didn’t change into a plague on our rights. And – as we evaluation the flood of proposals launched this yr, we will’t overlook that we had been instrumental – with YOUR HELP – in emasculating Senator Anthony Portantino’s SB 1160, which required annual firearm registration – throughout the board!  We will say this can be a nice send-off for Tony P, as his political profession will come to a screeching halt since he’s termed out within the California Senate and misplaced his bid for Congress.

Till the politicians go dwelling on the finish of the month, GOC will probably be waging battle towards those that search to disarm us: try GOC’s LEGISLATIVE ACTION CENTER for extra info on tips on how to be part of us within the remaining days of the legislative session :

AB 2917 | Zbur (D)

Assemblyman Rick Zbur’s AB 2917 will broaden the situations beneath which a Gun Violence Restraining Order will be issued to incorporate extremely subjective standards comparable to what some may name “violent” speech.  That is problematic provided that “violent speech” – though extremely distasteful – just isn’t by any means thought of “goal.”  Prefer it or not, the first Modification protects freedom of speech, even whether it is ugly.  With out query, the definition of verbal or written threats of violence is extraordinarily subjective particularly concerning the development of a “political agenda”.

AB 3064 |Maienschein (D)

AB 3064 is a “gotcha” invoice that authorizes the Division of Justice to cost an annual charge on producers who promote any firearm gadget listed on the Division’s security roster. It forces companies to pay a charge to the state for the straightforward functions of getting a firearm security gadget available on the market in California and if certainly one of these gadgets falls off the licensed listing, accountable gun homeowners may very well be charged with non-compliance!

SB 53 | Portantino (D)

Senator Portantino’s SB 53 takes the problem of necessary storage of firearms to a brand new stage: it prohibits anybody from conserving a firearm of their dwelling until it’s saved in a Division of Justice accepted firearm security gadget.  This isn’t a brand new situation; storage legal guidelines comparable to this have been launched throughout the nation and have, in actual fact, been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Courtroom of the USA in Heller v DC.  The California Legislature, nonetheless, continues to ignore this determination.  Sadly, pursuing insurance policies of this nature will solely pressure the State to relitigate one thing that has already been determined, which might be a pricey endeavor borne but once more by the taxpayers of California.