BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says California’s new law requiring firearms dealers to provide gun buyers with a pamphlet warning about the dangers of gun ownership amounts to “legislative, social bigotry.”
“This new law, AB 1598, is just another effort by anti-gun Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom to discourage Californians from exercising their constitutional right to become gun owners,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “At what point do Californians tell lawmakers in Sacramento they’ve had enough of Democrats’ dishonest demagoguery? Demonizing guns is a deceptive strategy designed to fool people into believing something is being done to prevent violent crime, when the opposite is true.”
“Why not force car dealers to provide a pamphlet to each customer, telling them about the dangers of driving,” he wondered. “Owning a car, especially in California, is more dangerous than owning a gun.
More people were killed in traffic accidents in 2023, the most recent year for which data is available, than from gunshot wounds that year. But nowhere in the Golden State are car dealers being forced to hand out pamphlets warning motorists that getting behind the wheel is hazardous to their health.
“Why are Gavin Newsom and California lawmakers singling out guns instead of cars,” Gottlieb asked. “After all, gun ownership is protected by the constitution, but owning a car isn’t. If the Democrats who pushed this into law wanted to discourage owning something which is dangerous, they should have studied their own data. According to the Long Beach Press Telegram, the state suffered 4,013 traffic fatalities in 2023 while The Trace said California logged 3,208 gun-related deaths for the same year, the most recent period for which data is available.
“All this proves Gavin Newsom and his Democrat colleagues aren’t really interested in saving lives,” Gottlieb observed. “They’re interested in reducing gun ownership by discouraging people from buying guns, and forcing gun dealers to act as their surrogates in the process. It’s really pathetic.”
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Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (www.ccrkba.org) is one of the nation’s premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots organization of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the United States.
your voting materials should say….”government is dangerous”
Guns only become dangerous when a person does not follow gun safety rules and handle the weapon properly . When gun safety rules are followed and the weapon is handled properly there is no danger .
Every thing in Ca. is a hazard to your health if you use it improperly, just put a label on it…Ca. has found that eating automobile tires could be detrimental to your health, keep away from children…/sarc
Hey, kommiefornia legislature, since you want to be stupid and make laws that require common sense, how about this one. Driving cars are dangerous, when are you going to give out a pamphlet for that? I worked for your dumb ass DMV and there was no warning saying that driving a car or being a passenger in a car is dangerous in the study booklet or the tests I graded. About the only thing close was, drinking/drugs and driving, distance between cars and breaking or wet/snowy/icy road conditions and speeding. So I guess everything else is ok like maybe road… Read more »
Next they will require “do not insert into rectum” warnings.
Everyone who registers to vote, votes on election day, should get a pamphlet that explaining how Dimoturds threaten your rights, privacy, security, and way of life. High gas prices are but one benefit of voting Demoturd.
A little while back I ordered a new bass guitar from an online dealer. When it came and I uncrated it there was a little piece of paper in with it saying that the state of California has found that this product contains parts which may cause cancer. WTF? They are referring to the paint used for the finish and the plastic covers for the pickups.
Knowing that, it’s no surprise that Kommiefornia requires other inane “warnings” about other products.
Hey NewScum………”Warning, eating food may be a choking hazard”. How about that?
The problem with Gotlieb’s line of thinking is he’s trying to rationalize the irrational… Which is impossible.