Letter: Blown away by bill to regulate firearms

Any of our Yuba/Sutter citizens who value our Second Amendment right to bear arms should pay particular attention to state Assembly Bill 962, authored by Assemblymember Kevin DeLeon, (D-L.A.) This bill directs all handgun ammunition vendors to keep records of ammunition sales and make them available to law enforcement. It also requires handgun ammunition sales to be conducted in face-to-face transactions to avoid sales to minors and limit the ability of criminals to make untraceable purchases.

The bill purportedly closes a dangerous loophole by prohibiting the sale of ammunition to criminals and gang members. The bill also requires ammunition vendors to be licensed by the Department of Justice, employees who handle such ammunition to clear a criminal background check, and for ammunition to be safely stored like cigarettes and certain cold medicines.

Now don't you feel safer already? It's another insidious attempt to take away our right to own guns.

Dave Gothrow Sr.

Arboga