California Senate approves $24 million for gun confiscation program

[Sonofa]

Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) gestures at a pair of semi-automatic rifles as he discusses a package of proposed gun-control legislation last month. The first bill was approved Thursday. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press / February 7, 2013)


By Patrick McGreevy March 7, 2013, 11:18 a.m.


SACRAMENTO -- The California Senate approved a $24-million expenditure on Thursday to speed the confiscation of guns from people who have been disqualified from owning firearms because of criminal convictions or serious mental illness.

Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) said budget cuts to the Department of Justice have hampered a program that targets people who purchased firearms legally but were later disqualified because of a subsequent conviction or determination of mental illness.

As a result of the cuts, there is a backlog of 19,000 people who have improper possession of more than 40,000 guns, including 1,600 assault weapons, and the number is increasing faster than their firearms can be confiscated.

"The mountain continues to grow," Leno said. "This is a serious and immediate threat to our public safety."

The Senate voted 31-0 to approve an urgency bill that would take the $24 million over three years from a Department of Justice account funded by gun owners who pay a fee when they register their guns with the state.
Sen. Jim Nielsen (R-Gerber) abstained from the vote, saying the $24 million is a surplus indicating gun owners are being overtaxed and that the Department of Justice is not properly managing its funds. "I argue we cannot reward this incompetence," Nielsen said before the vote to send SB 140 to the Assembly for consideration.

California is the only state that has such a computerized tracking program. Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris said the money would allow her to temporarily double the program staffing for three years to whittle down the backlog.
"Taking guns away from dangerous, violent individuals who are prohibited by law from owning them is smart and efficient law enforcement," Harris said in a statement.

More at Link:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/po...,1291214.story

[bobwohl]

Figures that this kind of crap would happen in Cali-fornication-ia!!!!!!

Let them TRY that in Texas, and the Senate would have been tarred and feathered
in about an hour!!!!!

We THE PEOPLE need to speak up LOUDLY... This S*#T WILL NOT STAND!!!

[Oscar Wilde]

.... This S*#T WILL NOT STAND!!!

Of course it will ....

O.W.

[Limner]

HMMMM...wasn't there a HUGE gun show out there in Cali this weekend, with mile long lines....?

[Lurker]

Figures that this kind of crap would happen in Cali-fornication-ia!!!!!!

Let them TRY that in Texas, and the Senate would have been tarred and feathered
in about an hour!!!!!

We THE PEOPLE need to speek up LOUDLY... This S*#T WILL NOT STAND!!!

Silly rabbit. Yes it will and in most states, NY, CA, IL, TX - everywhere.

We're still too fat, lazy, addicted to American Idol and Cheeto's to get off our collective butts. No - you can't go out alone Bob; then you're a lone wolf that's only dead and gives 'them' ANOTHER reason to try and take our guns.

I keep asking where and when is muster; no one can answer.

[Craig]

They are seizing guns from people who are prohibited from owning firearms because of criminal convictions or serious mental illness.

[Sonofa]

AND, the NRA is backing expanded background checks and a better FBI tracking program.

California is the only state that has such a computerized tracking program. Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris said the money would allow her to temporarily double the program staffing for three years to whittle down the backlog.

http://www.thetreeofliberty.com/vb/s...d.php?t=180169

[Lurker]

AND, the NRA is backing expanded background checks and a better FBI tracking program.


http://www.thetreeofliberty.com/vb/s...d.php?t=180169

There is NEVER a 'temporary' expansion of government. That statement right there tells you they're lying.

[Sonofa]

There is NEVER a 'temporary' expansion of government. That statement right there tells you they're lying.

When have the SOB's ever told the Truth??? LMAOROF

[Remember_The_Alamo]

I may like Cheetos, but I have never watched American Idol. I have better ways to fill my time.

Gathering feathers and heating tar...