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Many [[Conservative]] [[veteran]]s, [[American]] [[Oath Keepers|Oath Keeper]] [[Patriot]]s, [[gun enthusiast]]s and [[:Category:Survivalists|preppers]] see the ammunition control and [[gun control]] in general as [[tyranny|tyrannical]] [[police state]] behaviors.

Many [[Conservative]] [[veteran]]s, [[American]] [[Oath Keepers|Oath Keeper]] [[Patriot]]s, [[gun enthusiast]]s and [[:Category:Survivalists|preppers]] see the ammunition control and [[gun control]] in general as [[tyranny|tyrannical]] [[police state]] behaviors.

Ammunition control, at least as it was attempted in [[left coast]] [[California]], would require all ammunition to only be sold by [[FFL]] (Federal Firearms License]]es) controlled by the [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives]]. It would ban all loaning or gifting of ammunition to a friend, colleague or family member. It would ban [[handloading]] of ammunition by [[gun enthusiasts]]. It would require an ammunition purchase [[license]] with mandatory background check for each purchase. It would ban all internet-based sales of ammunition. Despite passed almost unanimously in the [[left-wing]] [[Democrat]] controlled California State [[Legislature]], it was surprisingly vetoed by [[elitist]] [[liberal]] gun collector [[Governor]] [[Jerry Brown]] in 2014. Governor Brown has a long history of voting for and supporting gun control. Governor Brown surprising said on his veto that ammunition control would not stop crime.  

Ammunition control, at least as it was attempted both in 2010 and again in 2014 by [[left coast]] [[California]] [[Democrat]]s, would:

 

* Require all ammunition to only be sold by [[FFL]] (Federal Firearms Licensees) controlled by the [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives]].  

 

* Ban all loaning or gifting of ammunition to a friend, colleague or family member, even in an emergency such as [[home security]] for [[self-defense]] during an active [[shooting|shooter]] [[home invasion]].  

 

* Ban [[handloading]] of ammunition by [[gun enthusiasts]] and law abiding [[citizen]]s in general.  

 

* Require an ammunition purchase [[license]] with mandatory background check for each purchase creating a large new police state [[bureaucracy]] including greatly slow down purchases at retailers, many of whom would simple stop selling ammunition.  

 

* Ban all [[internet]]-based sales of ammunition by online retailers such as [[Cheaper Than Dirt]]. Interestingly, the Democrats re-added this provision to the 2014 ammunition control bill even though it was declared [[unconstitutional]] by the California [[Supreme Court]]. This would have cost the taxpayers and the [[NRA]], [[Gun Owners of California]] and the [[Second Amendment Foundation]] a lot of money re-defending this issue in the court system.

 

* Despite passing  almost unanimously in the [[left-wing]] [[Democrat]] controlled California State [[Legislature]], it was surprisingly vetoed by [[elitist]] [[liberal]] gun collector [[Governor]] [[Jerry Brown]] in 2014. Governor Brown has a long history of voting for and supporting gun control. Governor Brown surprising said on his veto that ammunition control would not stop crime.  

has always been absurd [[left wing]] "[[unicorn]] [[utopia]]" [[pollyanna]] [[fantasy]] of the [[:Essay:Anti-self-defense movement|Anti-self-defense movement]], for the simple reason that [[criminal]]s by their nature ''never'' follow laws.  

has always been absurd [[left wing]] "[[unicorn]] [[utopia]]" [[pollyanna]] [[fantasy]] of the [[:Essay:Anti-self-defense movement|Anti-self-defense movement]], for the simple reason that [[criminal]]s by their nature ''never'' follow laws.