I wish I was kidding and this was a late April Fool joke, but alas, it's reality from California... and what starts there eventually filters down to the other tyrannical states as the Bloomberg lawyers don't have anything else to do once they written it but to send this stuff out to all amenable oath-breaking politicos wherever they reside and "represent the people".
Amendments to Calif. “Ghost Gun” Bill Would Enact “Staggering” New Firearms Parts Regulationshttps://www.firearmspolicy.org/breaking_amendments_to_calif_ghost_gun_bill_would_enact_staggering_new_firearms_parts_regulationsFirearms Policy Coalition today announced that it had acquired new “mock-up” language for California Assembly Bill 2382 (AB 2382), currently a bill authored by Asm. Mike Gipson (D - Carson) to expand the definition of “firearm” and “receiver,” that would enact a radical and far-reaching new regulatory scheme by treating non-firearm parts, components, and even some raw materials in a virtually-identical manner as Gavin Newsom's Proposition 63 and Senator Kevin de Leon's SB 1235 (2016) did with ammunition. FPC called the broad reach and implications of the disturbing amendments “staggering.”
The proposed bill text, likely to be adopted soon, would create an entirely new class of highly-regulated items called
“firearm precursor parts” that would include
barrels,
ammunition feeding devices (including magazines for semi-automatic firearms and
“speed loaders” for revolvers), “unfinished receivers,” molded or shaped polymer frames or receivers, metallic castings, metallic forgings, receiver “flats” such as Kalashnikov style weapon systems, Browning-style receiver side plates, Kalashnikov style receiver “channels”, finished upper receivers for AR-15 and AR-10 style firearms, unfinished handgun frames,
finished slides that are used to enclose handgun barrels, and trigger pack or fire control groups for Heckler and Koch or FN FAL style firearms.
Purchasing regulated gun parts would generally
require face-to-face transactions and background checks, subject these items to new age restrictions, mandate DOJ licenses for dealers to sell "firearm precursor parts" and new storage and handling requirements for sellers. As with ammunition,
online purchases and importation from other states would generally be prohibited.“Eventually, law-abiding people will be forced into making hard choices to escape the oppression, including non-compliance, or leaving and taking their tax dollars and businesses with them. Sadly, the California government really does hate civil rights and its own people,” concluded DeLuz.