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Sunday, November 30, 2008

The title says, "Help Pass the Ammunition Accountability Act"

You know I'm against this garbage!!! This is entirely against what the Constitution and the Second Amendment guarantees - that under GOD, we are entitled to our freedoms. Those documents enforce our rights.

Is this not the most foul legislation you've seen? Keep in mind that the Second Amendment guarantees all others from enemies within and without. Had the recent victims in Mumbai been armed, it would not have been so easy for the terrorists.

Is Switzerland's population terrorized? NO! Every citizen is mandated to keep a weapon for defense.

The onslaught of those who would disarm the American people is relentless and never-ending.
Don't buy into it.
Contact both Representatives and Senators and tell them they'll have their hands full should they try. Do you think they would try to disarm you by force? You'd better believe it. I hope I'm wrong. But I don't think so.

Call your legislators toll-free. 1-877-851-6437; 1-866-340-9281.

Here's what a member of a hunting list has to say:
Ammo Confiscation
(*Many* Americans are scared-to-death at what's coming....)

The bill that is being pushed in 18 states (including Illinois and
Indiana) requires all ammunition to be encoded by the manufacturer in
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 hand loaded 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 do not need to take your gun!

This legislation is currently pending in 18 states: Alabama, Arizona,
California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,
Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Washington.

To find more about the anti-gun group that is sponsoring this
legislation and the specific legislation for each state, go to:

http://ammunitionaccountability.org/Legislation.htm

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State of Alabama

SB541
By Senator Smitherman
RFD Judiciary
Rd 1
25-MAR-08

SYNOPSIS:
Under existing law, there is no requirement that ammunition
manufactured or sold in this state be coded.

This bill would require, commencing January 1, 2009, that handgun
ammunition be coded. This bill would require by January 1, 2011, the
disposal of all non-coded ammunition owned by private citizens or
retail outlets.

This bill would require the Department of Public Safety to establish
and maintain an ammunition coding database. This bill would require
ammunition vendors and manufacturers to register with the Department
of Public Safety.

This bill would require certain information in connection with
handgun ammunition transactions be recorded, transmitted to the
Department of Public Safety, and maintained by the vendor and
manufacturer.

This bill would provide for a fee not to exceed 0.005 cent per bullet
or round of ammunition to establish and maintain the ammunition code
database.

This bill would provide penalties for violations.

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing
as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the
Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law
whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased
expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a
local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it
comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved
by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or
provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose.

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or
increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the
amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local
governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective
because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in
the amendment.

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT

Relating to firearms and ammunition; to require handgun ammunition to
be coded; to require, under certain conditions, the disposal of all
non-coded ammunition owned by private citizens or retail outlets; to
require the Department of Public Safety to establish a statewide
database to track coded ammunition manufactured and sold for
handguns; to require ammunition vendors and manufacturers to register
with and provide information to the Department of Public Safety; to
provide for a fee to establish and maintain an ammunition coding
database; to establish the Code Ammunition Fund in the State
Treasury; to provide for civil and criminal penalties; and in
connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the
requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within
the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901,
now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the
Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:

Section 1. The Legislature of Alabama finds all of the following:

(1) Each year in the United States, more than 30 percent of all
homicides that involve a gun go unsolved.

(2) Handgun ammunition accounts for 80 percent of all ammunition sold
in the United States.

(3) Current technology for matching a bullet used in a crime to the
gun that fired it has worked moderately well for years, but
presupposes that the weapon was recovered by law enforcement.

(4) Bullet coding is a new and effective way for law enforcement to
quickly identify persons of interest in gun crime investigations.

Section 2. As used in this act, the following words shall have the
following meanings:

(1) CODED AMMUNITION. A bullet carrying a unique identifier that has
been applied by etching onto the base of the bullet projectile.

(2) HANDGUN. Any firearm with a barrel less than 16 inches in length,
or is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand.

(3) HANDGUN AMMUNITION. All ammunition principally for use in
pistols, notwithstanding that the ammunition may also be used in
other firearms, including bullets used for reloading or handloading
pistol ammunition.

Section 3. (a) All handgun ammunition manufactured or sold in the
state after January 1, 2009, shall be coded by the manufacturer.

(b) No later than January 1, 2011, all non-coded ammunition used in a
handgun, whether owned by private citizens or retail outlets, shall
be disposed of.

Section 4. (a) The Department of Public Safety shall be responsible
for establishing and maintaining an Ammunition Coding Database (ACD)
containing the names of manufacturers and vendors and the data the
manufacturers and vendors are required to record pursuant to
subsections (b) and (c).

(b) Manufacturers of handgun ammunition offered for sale in this
state shall register with the department in a manner prescribed by
the department through rule. Manufacturers shall maintain records
specifying the unique identifier for all coded ammunition for all
sales, loans, and transfers of ammunition, to, from, or within the
state, shall transmit the information to the department within 10
business days, and shall retain the information on the business
premises for seven years.

(c) Vendors of handgun ammunition in this state shall register with
the department in a manner prescribed by the department through rule.
Vendors shall record the following information for each caliber of
coded ammunition in a form prescribed by the department:

(1) The date of the transaction.

(2) The name of the transferee.

(3) The purchaser's driver's license number or other government
issued identification card number.

(4) The date of birth of the purchaser.

(5) The unique identifier of all handgun ammunition transferred.

(6) All other information prescribed by the department.

(d) A vendor of handgun information in this state shall maintain the
records required by subsection (b) on the business premises for a
period of three years from the date of the recorded purchase and
shall remit the information on each transaction collected pursuant to
this subsection to the department within 10 business days.

(e) The ACD shall be built within the framework of existing firearms
databases. The ACD shall be operational no later than January 1, 2009.

(f) Privacy of individuals shall be of the utmost importance. Access
to information in the ACD shall be reserved for key law enforcement
personnel and shall be released only in connection with a criminal
investigation.

Section 5. (a) Any vendor that willfully fails to comply with, or
falsifies the records required to be kept by this act shall be guilty
of a Class B misdemeanor.

(b) Any manufacturer that fails to comply with this section shall be
liable for a civil fine of not more than one thousand dollars
($1,000) for a first violation, not more than five thousand dollars
($5,000) for a second violation, and not more than ten thousand
dollars ($10,000) for a third or subsequent violation.

(c) Any person who willfully destroys, obliterates, or otherwise
renders unreadable, the serialization required pursuant to this act,
on any bullet or assembled ammunition is punishable by imprisonment
not to exceed one year, and a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000).

Section 6. (a) Establishing and maintaining the ACD shall be funded
by an end-user fee not to exceed five thousandths cent (0.005) per
bullet or round of ammunition.

(b) There is hereby established in the State Treasury the Coded
Ammunition Fund for deposit of the end-user fees pursuant to
subsection (a). Moneys in the fund, upon appropriation, shall be
available to the department for infrastructure, implementation,
operational, enforcement, and future development costs of this act.

(c) Ammunition manufacturers based within this state shall be allowed
a one-time corporate income tax credit for the cost of purchasing
ammunition coding equipment. All applications on the credit shall be
submitted to the Department of Revenue by January 1, 2009. The State
Department of Revenue shall adopt rules to provide for the one-time
tax credit pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act.

Section 7. This act shall become effective on the first day of the
third month following its passage and approval by the Governor, or
its otherwise becoming law.






http://ammunitionaccountability.org/Legislation.htm



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