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Lawsuit to Overturn California AB962 Filed ? StateAmmo.com et al vs. CA DOJ

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MosinMan:
A legal challenge to California?s online handgun ammunition sales ban and fingerprint purchasing requirement (AB962) was recently filed in federal court. A copy of the lawsuit is available at the following link:

https://www.stateammunition.com/store/shopnews.asp?type=News

The lawsuit was filed by the Chaffin Law Office ( http://chaffinlaw.com )of Ventura, California, on behalf of three Plaintiffs including State Ammunition Inc., a California company selling ammunition online at http://www.stateammo.com, as well as individuals Jim Otten and Jim Russell, both retired members of the United States Marine Corps. Jim Otten, a Minnesota resident, is the owner of http://www.a1ammo.com, a company outside California claiming that as a result of AB962, it will no longer be able to sell to California residents and Jim Russell, a retired Marine Corps Major and a Shooting Sports Director for the Paralyzed Veterans Association of America, who claims that as a result of AB962, he will be unable to purchase bulk handgun ammunition online which he uses to help disabled veterans with rehabilitative organized shooting activities.
 
The legal action claims that AB962 violates the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution by banning handgun ammunition sales in anything other than a face-to-face transaction, and therefore eliminating the ability for California residents to buy ammunition from companies outside the state, as well as the ability for companies inside
the state to sell to out-of-state residents. Plaintiffs also argue that AB962 violates Equal Protection and Due Process rights by criminalizing sales of handgun ammunition to various prohibited persons without defining handgun ammunition, and without giving people to ability to know who is actually a prohibited purchaser.
 
The case follows a flurry of anti-gun legislation recently emerging from the anti-gun legislature in Sacramento, including AB50 (2004 ban on 50 caliber BMG rifles), AB1471 (2007 requirement for ballistic microstamping technology), SB585 (2009 attempted ban of gun shows at San Francisco Cow Palace), AB1934 (2009 ban of open carry of unloaded firearms in public), AB1810 (2010 attempt to require permanent registration of long guns), AB2223 (2010 attempt to expand the ?lead free? Condor Zone banning the most common and most affordable types of ammunition), among numerous other gun related laws and regulations.

FarmerRick:
I'm really disappointed that it took this long for someone to challenge those ridiculous laws.  Good for them.

Oh, and welcome to the NOFA forum!!  If you haven't already, be sure to sign up as a NFOA member, as it is a separate procedure.

Here: http://www.nebraskafirearms.org/index.php?option=com_chronocontact&Itemid=18

You may want to check this out too, and add to it if you'd like:  http://www.nebraskafirepower.com/forum/index.php?topic=1520.0

HuskerXDM:
When I brought home my Springfield XDm 9mm, my wife said she knew it was a good gun because of the sticker on the side that says, "Not legal in California"   ;D

MosinMagnet:

--- Quote from: FarmerRick on July 22, 2010, 08:44:25 PM ---I'm really disappointed that it took this long for someone to challenge those ridiculous laws.  Good for them.

Oh, and welcome to the NOFA forum!!  If you haven't already, be sure to sign up as a NFOA member, as it is a separate procedure.

Here: http://www.nebraskafirearms.org/index.php?option=com_chronocontact&Itemid=18

You may want to check this out too, and add to it if you'd like:  http://www.nebraskafirepower.com/forum/index.php?topic=1520.0

--- End quote ---

The calguns foundation was on this from the very beginning.  The lawyers there are very careful and set up a strong case and get cherry picked clients to go to court with before they slug it out in a very anti 2A court system. 

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