6/2     Just a heads-up on what passed in the CA Assembly the other day:
        AB 2062
          "The bill would establish a database maintained by the department
        to serve as a registry of handgun ammunition vendors.
          "This bill would require that commencing July 1, 2009, unless
        specifically excluded, no person shall sell or transfer more than 50
        rounds of handgun ammunition in any month unless  they are he or she is
        registered as a handgun ammunition vendor, as defined. The bill would
        also require these vendors to obtain a background clearance for those
        employees who would handle ammunition in the course and scope of their
        employment. The bill would require the Department of Justice to
        maintain a registry of registered handgun ammunition vendors, as
        specified. Violation of these provisions, as specified, would be a
        misdemeanor.
          "This bill would, subject to exceptions, commencing July 1, 2009,
        require certain ammunition vendors to obtain a thumbprint and other
        information from ammunition purchasers, and would require submission of
        that information to the Department of Justice, as specified. A
        violation of these provisions would be a misdemeanor."
        \_ Do they use mysql or postgres?
        \_ But you can still buy ammunition without without being tracked,
           right? I don't really see how this new regulation can help with
           gun violence. I think a more effective (but more controversial)
           method would be to track or go as far as running a background
           check on the buyers, not the sellers.
           \_ You missed the whole thumbprint thing?