In spite of Federal Law (FOPA) to the contrary, the California Legislature is leading the charge on 100% gun registration which I anticipate being echoed and parroted by other states when these two bills introduced into their legislature this past week pass and are signed into law by Gavin Newsom:
California SB 1160
Introduced on Wednesday, Feb 14th. Requires annual registration of all firearms owned or possessed with Calif. Dept. of Justice, and imposes an annual registration fee that can be annually adjusted as the California Government sees fit. The author of it has language in the bill claiming it doesn't violate the 1986 FOPA ban on federal or state gun registries in spite of it being a gun registry.
Link to bill (not posting text of this one as it's a bit long for here, but the gist of its provisions are understandable).
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1160
William T Kirk of Washington Gun Law created a good video about it.
California AB 3067
Introduced on Friday, Feb 16th. FPC has posted about this on several media platforms including Twitter and Reddit, but doesn't have it on their website yet. Stumbled across it on Twitter. This one is insidious. It requires all gun owners to report all the firearms they own in detail to their homeowner/renter insurance companies, and then it requires all insurance companies operating in California to report these insurance registrations to the California Government including the Legislature. How soon before that all leaks out, once gathered (OOPSIE!)? The law is to be inserted into their Insurance Code. I expect it will appear on FPC's web site this next week. I've found nothing yet on it on YouTube. The text of the bill is short, which I've quoted.
This is a link to it.
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3067
These have not been enacted into law yet, but I'd bet dollars to donuts they will be. Then watch the other Usual Suspects who will not be outdone by California leap to enacting their own nearly identical versions. Yet more laws to clog up the dockets of the Federal Courts getting them struck down.
California SB 1160
Introduced on Wednesday, Feb 14th. Requires annual registration of all firearms owned or possessed with Calif. Dept. of Justice, and imposes an annual registration fee that can be annually adjusted as the California Government sees fit. The author of it has language in the bill claiming it doesn't violate the 1986 FOPA ban on federal or state gun registries in spite of it being a gun registry.
Link to bill (not posting text of this one as it's a bit long for here, but the gist of its provisions are understandable).
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1160
William T Kirk of Washington Gun Law created a good video about it.
California AB 3067
Introduced on Friday, Feb 16th. FPC has posted about this on several media platforms including Twitter and Reddit, but doesn't have it on their website yet. Stumbled across it on Twitter. This one is insidious. It requires all gun owners to report all the firearms they own in detail to their homeowner/renter insurance companies, and then it requires all insurance companies operating in California to report these insurance registrations to the California Government including the Legislature. How soon before that all leaks out, once gathered (OOPSIE!)? The law is to be inserted into their Insurance Code. I expect it will appear on FPC's web site this next week. I've found nothing yet on it on YouTube. The text of the bill is short, which I've quoted.
This is a link to it.
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3067
"THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 2086 is added to the Insurance Code, to read:
2086. (a) In addition to existing regulations, an application for homeowners’ or renters’ insurance shall include questions regarding all of the following:
(1) Whether there are firearms kept in the household, including in any accessory structures, and if so, how many.
(2) Whether the firearm, if any, is stored in a locked container in the home, including any accessory structures, while not in use.
(3) The number of firearms kept in a vehicle located on the property subject to the applicable insurance policy, and if any, whether they are stored securely in a locked container while not in use.
(b) An insurer shall update the contents of their applications for homeowners’ or renters’ insurance to include the questions regarding the presence, storage, and number of firearms by January 1, 2026.
(c) An insurer shall annually report the information gathered from the questions regarding the presence, storage, and number of firearms to the Department of Insurance and the Legislature beginning on January 1, 2027. The report shall not contain any identifying information contained in a consumer’s application for homeowners’ or renters’ insurance, including, but not limited to, names, addresses, and telephone numbers, which shall remain confidential.
(d) For the purposes of this section, “locked container” has the same meaning as in Section 16850 of the Penal Code."
These have not been enacted into law yet, but I'd bet dollars to donuts they will be. Then watch the other Usual Suspects who will not be outdone by California leap to enacting their own nearly identical versions. Yet more laws to clog up the dockets of the Federal Courts getting them struck down.
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