California's SB 948: The Total Gun Ban That Almost Nobody Is Talking About
- Yes, Gun Owners of California and NRA-ILA have put out alerts on this in the past, have issued campaigns with easy to fill forms and they've opposed it at the Assembly Public Safety Committee (it already cleared Senate and now has passed its first hurdle in CA Assembly). But it seems almost nobody knows that this bill, if it becomes law, will effectively ban the capability to own a firearm (and thus ban possession) for generations of Californians unless it is stopped. Read the post and share.
Please contact your legislator, visit their office in person (in person visits are far more effective than random form filled email), and also, create a PDF statement of opposition to SB 948 to send to the Assembly Appropriations Committee and other CA Assembly Committees.
Email Assembly Appropriations here (send your position letter framed economically in terms of why SB 948 is a bad bill for California’s economy, and send it in both PDF and text form to approps.committee@assembly.ca.gov
The above is a public email address which comes from the Assembly Appropriations Committee page.
Then send a PDF statement opposing SB 948 to other Assembly Committees (note: it has already passed the CA Senate and has already passed Assembly Public Safety Committee) at the State portal, here (if you don't have an account you need to sign up for one):
https://calegislation.lc.ca.gov/Advocates/
Finally, also contact the California Department of Justice - Bureau of Firearms at any phone number or email address they have that you can find and encourage them politely (in a simple, politely framed request) to ask Senator Arreguin to withdraw SB 948. Likewise if you know people in police departments, military, etc, gently ask them to contact Senator Arreguin and ask that they request that Senator Arreguin withdraw SB 948. The more people from CA DOJ, police, military etc. that Senator Arreguin hears from who ask him to withdraw the bill, the more likely we will push him to surrender and remove SB 948 from consideration.
Also strongly suggested: Get a Firearm Safety Certificate now if you don't have one, and renew yours (take the test again) if you already have one. It will last five years. Your local FFL will be able to provide the exam. It currently has no live fire component and still is possible to obtain for those who do not own a firearm yet, but if SB 948 becomes law it will not be possible for first time gun buyers to obtain.
Thank you, to those readers / redditors here who know that this needs to be opposed.