--A study by the Rand Corp. last year found that felons and other people who can't legally possess guns did manage to buy more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition in L.A. city retail stores over a two-month period.--
--So De Leon, at the urging of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Police Chief William J. Bratton and county Sheriff Lee Baca, has introduced legislation that would make California the first state to seriously regulate handgun ammunition. The legislation is aimed primarily at gangs.--
--Meanwhile, handgun ammo vendors would have to register with the state Department of Justice, keep bullets locked up behind the counter, require an ID from purchasers and sell only face to face. No Internet transactions.--(emphasis mine)
--At the committee hearing, the gun lobby <(i love this catch-all condemnation) objected that keeping bullets locked up — to prevent thefts — would be inconvenient and inhibit comparison shopping.-- |
