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I feel so much safer now knowing that gangbangers won't be able to buy .50 cal ammo in L.A.
I just love the Chief's Godzilla argument.

Anti-gun plans pass in L.A. City CouncilWednesday, December 17, 2008City News ServiceLOS ANGELES (CNS) -- The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved six anti-gun ordinances on Wednesday.
The ordinances include:
Allowing landlords to evict tenants who illegally possess guns
Banning the sale of .50-caliber ammunition and cartridges
Requiring ammunition vendors to be licensed and require face-to-face transactions and record-keeping for all ammunition sales made in the city of Los Angeles
Allowing the seizure of vehicles used by gang members while committing a crime
Banning secret compartments in vehicles to hide firearms
Requiring gun dealers to conduct inventories and report the inventories to the Los Angeles Police Department

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who announced the proposals in May, said the ordinances are part of a partnership between local and federal law enforcement agencies to crack down on gang- and gun-related violence in Los Angeles.
"In order to permanently reduce gang violence, illegal firearms must be public enemy number one," Villaraigosa said. "Today, we're taking one more step toward building safer streets, safer neighborhoods and safer cities."

Banning the sale of .50-caliber ammunition closes a loophole that was created when the state agreed to ban the sale of the weapon.
"Unless you're out trying to kill Godzilla, and I think the last time we saw Godzilla was the 1950s, there is no need for this type of weapon in an urban environment," said police Chief William Bratton.
The chief said the city of Los Angeles has experienced 30 fewer murders this year than at this date last year. In 2007, there were 392 murders, and guns were used to kill 314 of those victims.
Representatives for Gun Owners of California were not immediately available to comment on the new laws.
Attorneys for the National Rifle Association and the California Rifle and Pistol Association have threatened to sue the city over the ordinance that requires gun deals to provide inventory lists to the LAPD. They say the law "appears to be motivated more by election politics than policy."
"The proposed ordinance is preempted by state law, is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment and for other reasons, is redundant with state and federal laws, and is unnecessary and unreasonably burdensome on firearm retailers," according to a letter sent by lawyer C.B. Michel, representing the NRA.
"It is comprehensive and it covers apartments, cars, guns, ammunition," said Councilman Jack Weiss, chair of the Public Safety Committee about the package of ordinances.
"It's the right way to attack these problems, to be comprehensive in scope and to be comprehensive in terms of support," Weiss said. "This is truly a gun control package that has been generated by and has support from the entire city."

Les

Yeah, California has done a bang-up job so far with their anti-drug and illegal immigration policies. Might as well further diminish the power of lawful citizens and tip the scales yet again in favor of the outlaws who could care less about the State government's good intentions.

I'm PRAYING the day comes soon when the general populous finally understands how the law works. Laws are put in place to control the law abiding! The serial offenders who contribute to the vast majority of California's crime statistics are not law abiding citizens. These folks don't go to the pharmacy to get their illicit medications, and they definitely don't submit to a NICS check before obtaining a firearm. Whatever they desire will be stolen, or under more challenging circumstances, smuggled into the country to satisfy their needs.

Last year England had 566 firearms related incidents/homicides, and they are a religiously gun-free zone completely set apart from the rest of the world by a large body of water! With the open borders program California has with Mexico, and the lax importation enforcement at their sea ports, I don't think they stand a snowball's chance in hell of ever controlling the amount of contraband flooding their State as the result of further tightening the screws on law abiding citizens. It's a toothless political ploy to make the citizenry FEEL better, and to offer the illusion that the government is actually at work...nothing more. They still believe that persuading the population to feel better about a problem is an effective treatment against the underlying disease. Passing new laws is easy, cheesy, mindless work for politicians seeking the emotional vote. Fundamentally restructuring a State government to address crime at its root is a far more daunting challenge - even more so since that kind of restructuring would directly undermine the "progressive" agenda that California has worked so hard to establish for itself. Keep sucking on that peace pipe guys! You might be just one more toke away from experiencing that critical, blinding flash of the obvious that will put you on a logical course toward proper reform.

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No matter, California will not be able to enforce these laws (and likely many others) because they are going bankrupt.

Thank you to the RINO and the Dumbocratic California legislature for ruining the traditional California quality of life in the name of feel good politics. Liberalism at it's worst!