Did you know that you can only purchase ammunition without a background check due to a "loophole"? Me neither.

California already has required ammunition purchase background checks (and it's illegal to purchase from any private parties... vendors must have a state license), but here is the just introduced federal legislation. Not likely to pass with the current makeup of Congress, but after the 2018 midterms or the 2020 elections... who knows?

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/380293-democrats-introduce-bill-to-require-background-checks-on-ammunition

Dems introduce bill to require background checks on ammunition sales

A pair of Democratic lawmakers are introducing legislation to require a background check for all firearm ammunition sales.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) said on Monday they had introduced the bill, known as the Ammunition Background Check Act of 2018, arguing it would help close a "loophole" in the current law.
 
"Ammunition sales should be subject to the same legal requirements as firearm sales, and that includes instant background checks. ... Closing this ludicrous loophole is a common-sense component of a comprehensive strategy to reduce gun violence," Blumenthal said.
 
Wasserman Schultz added that it is "common-sense legislation" that would close an "absurd loophole."

Good luck to them for finding the government funding to support this.

Good luck to them for finding the government funding to support this.

Moar gubment pleeze.

Government will always find money to do crap like this. As long as they have slaves, I mean taxpayers, there's money

I thought CA already had something like this?  Ammo buying card in San Diego?