CNS News provides more evidence that the People's Republic of Californiastan should be chopped off and dumped into the Pacific Ocean. The California Senate passed SB1152 last week (by a vote of 22-16), which basically makes it impossible to buy ammunition and sets up a huge underground black market.

The bill requires that "all vendors of ammunition maintain specified information" on ammunition buyers, including: (1) the date of the transaction; (2) the name, address, and date of birth of the buyer; (3) the buyer's driver's license or other identification number and the state in which it was issued; (4) the brand, type, and amount of ammunition bought or transferred; (5) the buyer's signature; (6) the name of the salesperson who processed the transaction; and (7) "the vendor shall also at the time of purchase or transfer obtain the right thumbprint of the purchaser or transferee."

The databases must be kept for 2 years, and since California already bars convicts from purchasing ammo, it will only affect law abiding citizens.

Also keep in mind that this is the very same legislature that tried to deregulate their driver's licenses to the point that any fugative, illegal alien, or al Qaeda operative would have no trouble getting a state issued license.

Of course the gun lobby pro freedom groups like CCRKBA are protesting the proposal. Also, the ACLU has been notably silent. Perhaps if this were a hot issue like the LA County Seal, or passing out condoms to children, they'd take an interest.