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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2512
Author: Skinner (D), et al.
Amended: 8/8/12 in Senate
Vote: 21
ALL PRIOR VOTES NOT RELEVANT
SUBJECT : Firearms: ammunition: sales
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This is a new bill. Senate Floor Amendments of
8/8/12 delete the contents of the bill dealing with income
taxes. These provisions have not been heard in any
committee. As amended, this bill (1) requires ammunition
sellers to inform law enforcement of large purchases of
ammunition, (2) prohibits possession of kits for converting
ammunition feeding devices that hold no more than 10 rounds
to allow them to hold more than 10 rounds, and (3) makes
possession of such a kit a violation of post release
community supervision.
ANALYSIS : Except as specified, existing law makes it a
crime to manufacture, import, keep for sale, offer or
expose for sale, or give or lend, any large-capacity
magazine.
This bill makes it a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000 or imprisonment in a county jail not
to exceed six months, or by both that fine and
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imprisonment, to knowingly manufacture, import, keep for
sale, offer or expose for sale, or give or lend, any device
that is capable of converting an ammunition feeding device
into a large-capacity magazine. By creating a new crime,
this bill imposes a state-mandated local program.
Existing law establishes a program of postrelease community
supervision for certain persons who are released from
prison or whose sentence has been deemed served after
serving a prison term for a felony. Existing law requires
that these persons enter into a postrelease community
supervision agreement as a condition of their release, and
that the agreement include certain conditions, including a
requirement that the person shall not possess, use, or have
access to specified weapons, including, among other things,
a large-capacity magazine.
This bill also conditions release on postrelease community
supervision on the requirement that the person shall not
possess, use, or have access to any device that is capable
of converting an ammunition feeding device into a
large-capacity magazine.
Existing law prohibits any person, corporation, or dealer
from selling ammunition to a person under 18 years of age,
selling ammunition designed for use in a handgun to a
person under 21 years of age, or providing possession of
any ammunition to any minor who the person, corporation, or
dealer knows is prohibited from possessing that ammunition
at that time. Existing law prohibits a person,
corporation, or firm from giving possession or control of
ammunition to any person who he/she knows is prohibited by
law from possessing ammunition. Existing law also
regulates handgun ammunition vendors and provides that a
handgun ammunition vendor shall not permit any employee who
the vendor knows or reasonably should know is a person who
has been convicted of a felony or other specified crimes to
handle, sell, or deliver handgun ammunition in the course
and scope of employment.
This bill requires a handgun ammunition vendor who sells,
supplies, delivers, or gives possession of more than 1000
rounds of ammunition to an individual in any five
consecutive day period to report the transaction to the
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local law enforcement agency where that individual resides
within 24 hours, with exceptions as provided. This bill
makes a failure to comply with this provision a
misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000
or imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed six months,
or by both that fine and imprisonment.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
RJG:m 8/9/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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