BILL NUMBER:  SB 41
  VETOED	DATE: 10/12/2009




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 41 without my signature.

This measure would require the Department of Justice (Department) to
furnish, upon request, information concerning a person's ownership of
any firearms reported to the Department.  In addition, this measure
would also require firearms dealers and purchasers to provide
signatures on extra copies of paperwork prior to the delivery of a
firearm.  This measure is unnecessary.  The Department already
provides firearm ownership information upon request and firearms
transactions already require more than enough paperwork to ensure
proper recordation of firearm transaction information.  Indeed,
unlike Senate Bills 175   it does not increase public safety, does
not improve the business climate for California's firearms retailers,
nor does it provide any additional protections for firearm
purchasers.

Moreover, it should be noted that Assembly Concurrent Resolution 73
(McCarthy, 2006) required the California Law Revision Commission to
submit recommendations to the Legislature on how to reduce the length
and complexity of Title 2 (commencing with  Section 12000) of Part 4
of the Penal Code, relating to the control of deadly weapons.
Senate Bill 41, unfortunately, does not follow any of the
recommendations by the Commission and instead exacerbates the current
problems with the Penal Code.

I urge the Legislature to forgo enacting additional measures such as
Senate Bill 41 until the recommendations of the California Law
Revision Commission are enacted.

For these reasons, I am unable to sign this bill.

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger