I'm sure StopSB249.org is an unbiased site to learn the issues from.
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Tried to find unbiased information on this bill instead found nothing but site after site which repeats the exact same buzzwords.
So I'm strongly in favor of this bill. If your opponents are people who reflexively repeat the same buzzwords then it's probably not because there is an intellectual groundswell of intelligent people opposed to you if you know what I mean.
I believe this is the text of the bill:
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0201-0250/sb_249_bill_20120522_amended_asm_v96.htmlAs near as I can tell, the ONLY thing this gun does make illegal is conversion kits as defined by:
(1) Any combination of parts that, when affixed to a firearm with
a fixed magazine, are designed and intended to convert that firearm
into an assault weapon as defined by [ previous legislation ]
and
(2) Any part that, when affixed to a firearm with a fixed
magazine, is designed solely and exclusively to convert that firearm
into an assault weapon as defined by [ previous legislation ]
Saying that this is retroactive is pure rubbish. It's an assault rifle ban, exactly like any other gun ban. It's no more "retroactive" than any other gun ban. But the only people who care about this bill are a tiny, tiny fringe of the gun nuts crowd, because it only affects a tiny tiny fringe of the gun nuts crowd. These people are used to using extreme hyperbolic language at the drop of a hat. They'll try to dress it up by lying to you and pretending that millions of people will be affected but it takes about two seconds seconds to think this through:
This is a law that only affects people who own assault weapons in California and modify them to circumvent Californian law. So in order to be affected you must:
1) Be well aware of California's assault weapons ban
2) Chose to ignore it and risk a fairly substantial penalty
So in summery the hyperbolic nature of the language used here is completely unjustified and the fact that it's repeated so much just shows how reflexive and tribal the NRA crowd has become when the fringe right part of it is unhappy.