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Ammunition Accountability Act
Heads up to all of you who swore to defend the Constitution of
the United States against all enemies, foreign AND domestic. Let your state
Legislators know that we do not want this bill passed, and petition them to vote
"NO" on this bill. We should keep after them until the bill is closed by
bombarding them with e-mails, phone calls, and letters.
Get to all of your politicians and ask that they get to work on
this and NOT LET THIS HAPPEN!!!
The 2008 Legislative session has begun, and the Ammunition
Accountability Act is being introduced across the country. Below is a list of
states where legislation has already been introduced:
Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois,
Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Washington.
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enter:
http://www.ammunitionaccountability.org/Legislation.htm
Remember how Obama said that he wasn't going to take your guns?
Well, it seems that his minions and allies in the anti-gun world have no problem
with taking your ammo!
The bill that is being pushed in 18 states (including Illinois
and Indiana) requires that all ammunition to be encoded by the manufacturer, a
data base of all ammunition sales, so they will know how much you buy and what
calibers. Nobody can sell any ammunition after June 30, 2009 unless the
ammunition is coded.
Any privately held uncoded ammunition must be destroyed by July
1,
2011(including handloaded ammo.) They will also charge a .05 cent
tax on every round so every box of ammo you buy will go up at least $2.50 or
more! If they can deprive you of ammo they d o not need to take your gun!
Please give this the widest distribution possible and contact
your Reps!
HB 2833
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1 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
2 Section 1. Title 41, chapter 12, article 5, Arizona Revised Statutes,
3 is amended by adding section 41-1772, to read:
4 41-1772. Ammunition coding system database; sale of ammunition;
5 tax; fund; civil penalty; violation; classification;
6 definition
7 A. BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2009, A MANUFACTURER SHALL CODE ALL HANDGUN
8 AND ASSAULT WEAPON AMMUNITION THAT IS MANUFACTURED OR SOLD IN THIS STATE.
9 THIS SECTION APPLIES TO ALL CALIBERS.
10 B. BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2011, A PRIVATE CITIZEN OR A RETAIL VENDOR
11 SHALL DISPOSE OF ALL NONCODED AMMUNITION THAT IS OWNED OR HELD BY THE CITIZEN
12 OR VENDOR.
13 C. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN AMMUNITION CODING
14 SYSTEM DATABASE CONTAINING A MANUFACTURER REGISTRY AND A VENDOR REGISTRY.
15 D. A MANUFACTURER SHALL:
16 1. REGISTER WITH THE DEPARTMENT IN A MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THE
17 DEPARTMENT BY RULE.
18 2. MAINTAIN RECORDS ON THE BUSINESS PREMISES FOR AT LEAST SEVEN YEARS
19 CONCERNING ALL SALES, LOANS AND TRANSFERS OF AMMUNITION TO, FROM OR WITHIN
20 THIS STATE.
21 3. ENCODE AMMUNITION PROVIDED FOR RETAIL SALE FOR REGULATED FIREARMS
22 IN A MANNER THAT THE DIRECTOR ESTABLISHES SO THAT:
23 (a) THE BASE OF THE BULLET AND THE INSIDE OF THE CARTRIDGE CASING OF
24 EACH ROUND IN A BOX OF AMMUNITION ARE CODED WITH THE SAME SERIAL NUMBER.
25 (b) EACH SERIAL NUMBER IS ENGRAVED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT IT IS HIGHLY
26 LIKELY TO PERMIT IDENTIFICATION AFTER AMMUNITION DISCHARGE AND BULLET IMPACT.
27 (c) THE OUTSIDE OF EACH BOX OF AMMUNITION IS LABELED WITH THE NAME OF
28 THE MANUFACTURER AND THE SAME SERIAL NUMBER USED ON THE CARTRIDGE CASINGS AND
29 BASES OF BULLETS CONTAINED IN THE BOX.
30 4. PAY THE TAX LEVIED BY SUBSECTION I OF THIS SECTION.
31 E. A MANUFACTURER SHALL NOT LABEL AMMUNITION CONTAINED IN ONE
32 AMMUNITION BOX WITH THE SAME SERIAL NUMBER AS THE AMMUNITION CONTAINED IN
33 ANOTHER AMMUNITION BOX THAT IS PRODUCED BY THE SAME MANUFACTURER.
34 F. A VENDOR SHALL:
35 1. REGISTER WITH THE DEPARTMENT IN A MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THE
36 DEPARTMENT BY RULE.
37 2. RECORD THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN A FORMAT PRESCRIBED BY THE
38 DEPARTMENT:
39 (a) THE DATE OF THE TRANSACTION.
40 (b) THE NAME OF THE PURCHASER.
41 (c) THE PURCHASER'S DRIVER LICENSE NUMBER OR OTHER GOVERNMENT ISSUED
42 IDENTIFICATION CARD NUMBER.
43 (d) THE DATE OF BIRTH OF THE PURCHASER.
44 (e) THE UNIQUE IDENTIFIER OF ALL HANDGUN AMMUNITION OR BULLETS
45 TRANSFERRED.
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1 (f) ALL OTHER INFORMATION PRESCRIBED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
2 3. MAINTAIN RECORDS ON THE BUSINESS PREMISES FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS
3 AFTER THE DATE OF THE RECORDED PURCHASE.
4 G. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH THE AMMUNITION CODING SYSTEM
5 DATABASE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF ANY EXISTING FIREARMS DATABASES.
6 H. ACCESS TO INFORMATION IN THE AMMUNITION CODING SYSTEM DATABASE IS
7 RESERVED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ONLY RELEASE
8 INFORMATION IN CONNECTION WITH A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
9 I. A TAX OF ONE-HALF CENT IS LEVIED ON EACH BULLET OR ROUND OF
10 AMMUNITION THAT IS SOLD IN THIS STATE. THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE SHALL
11 COLLECT THE TAX AND DEPOSIT THE TAX, PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 35-146 AND 35-147,
12 IN THE CODED AMMUNITION FUND ESTABLISHED BY SUBSECTION J OF THIS SECTION.
13 J. THE CODED AMMUNITION FUND IS ESTABLISHED CONSISTING OF MONIES
14 DEPOSITED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION I OF THIS SECTION. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
15 ADMINISTER THE FUND. SUBJECT TO LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION, MONIES IN THE
16 FUND SHALL BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING THE
17 AMMUNITION CODING SYSTEM DATABASE PRESCRIBED BY THIS SECTION.
18 K. A MANUFACTURER THAT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO
19 A CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST
20 VIOLATION, NOT MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A SECOND VIOLATION AND NOT
21 MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION.
22 L. A VENDOR WHO KNOWINGLY FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THIS SECTION OR WHO
23 KNOWINGLY FALSIFIES THE RECORDS REQUIRED TO BE KEPT BY THIS SECTION IS GUILTY
24 OF A CLASS 3 MISDEMEANOR.
25 M. A PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY DESTROYS, OBLITERATES OR OTHERWISE RENDERS
26 UNREADABLE THE CODING REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF A CLASS 3
27 MISDEMEANOR.
28 N. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "CODE OR CODED" MEANS A UNIQUE
29 IDENTIFIER THAT HAS BEEN APPLIED BY ETCHING ONTO THE BASE OF A BULLET OR
30 AMMUNITION PROJECTILE.
31 Sec. 2. Requirements for enactment; two-thirds vote
32 Pursuant to article IX, section 22, Constitution of Arizona, this act
33 is effective only on the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the
34 members of each house of the legislature and is effective immediately on the
35 signature of the governor or, if the governor vetoes this act, on the
36 subsequent affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of the members of each
37 house of the legislature.
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