Urge Him to OPPOSE Assembly Bill 96
Fairfax, VA -(AmmoLand.com)- Assembly Bill 96 originally passed the state Assembly on June 2, 2015, by a vote of 62 to 14.
Yesterday, September 2, AB 96 passed the state Senate and is heading back to the state Assembly for concurrence.
Your state Assembly Member, Marc Steinorth, supported AB 96 the first time it came to the Assembly floor. You MUST call AND email Assembly Member Steinorth IMMEDIATELY and respectfully inform him of your displeasure of that first vote and that you would appreciate if he would now OPPOSE AB 96 when it comes before him for its concurrence vote as early as TODAY.
Assembly Member Steinorth can be reached at (916) 319-2040 or by email at assemblymember.steinorth@
assembly.ca.gov.
Please make sure you forward this alert to your family, friends, and fellow gun owners and sportsmen who also are represented by Assembly Member Steinorth.
Let Assembly Member Steinorth know that you understand AB 96 was introduced with the intent of curbing poaching and helping to end the illegal ivory trade, which is an honorable endeavor.
However, AB 96 would not accomplish its purported objective.
This bill would only harm those who have no part in these activities; firearm owners, sportsmen, hunters, recreational shooters and gun collectors who have legally purchased firearms (knives, jewelry, antiques and other items) that have incorporated ivory features for decades.
If implemented, AB 96 would make property of value that had been acquired legally and in good faith unsellable. Needless to say, property that cannot be sold is radically diminished in value and/or now worthless.
AB 96,introduced by anti-gun Assembly Member and Speaker Toni Atkins, would prohibit a person from purchasing, selling, offering for sale, possessing with intent to sell, or importing with intent to sell ivory or rhinoceros horn, except as specified, and would make this prohibition enforceable by the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Lawfully obtained ivory components are commonly found on many antique firearms.
| Assembly Member | Phone | |
| Katcho Achadjian | [email protected] | 916-319-2035 |
| Travis Allen | [email protected] | 916-319-2072 |
| Catharine Baker | [email protected] | 916-319-2016 |
| William Brough | [email protected] | 916-319-2073 |
| Brian Dahle | [email protected] | 916-319-2001 |
| David Hadley | [email protected] | 916-319-2066 |
| Brian Maienschein | [email protected] | 916-319-2077 |
| Melissa Melendez | [email protected] | 916-319-2067 |
| Marc Steinorth | [email protected] | 916-319-2040 |
| Marie Waldron | [email protected] | 916-319-2075 |
| Scott Wilk | [email protected] | 916-319-2038 |
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