California Ammo Sales Spike As Background Checks Start Monday
June 29, 2019 in News by RBN Staff
Source: www.zerohedge.com
by Tyler Durden
California gun owners have been rushing to buy bullets before a new background check law goes into effect statewide on Monday, the first of its kind in the nation.
“In the last two weeks I’ve been up about 300 percent,” one Sacramento ammunition store owner told Fox News, adding that people have been “bulking up because of these stupid new laws.”
Enacted in 2016, Proposition 63 and SB 1235 require one of two types of background check when buying any type of ammunition for a firearm; a $1 “Standard Ammunition Eligibility Check” for anyone who has legally purchased a handgun in the state since 1990 (and whose CA Driver’s License or ID matches the address used at the time) which takes 2-3 minutes, or a more invasive $19 “Basic Ammunition Eligibility Check” that will take up to 10 days to complete.
Those with a valid “Certificate of Eligibility” (COE) issued by the DOJ will require a $1 fee.
The instant background checks will reference information on file at the DOJ’s Automated Firearms System that automatically goes on file when a California resident buys a gun.
