Important info. for any AZ residents

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A bold bill targeting your rights has just been filed under the guise of HB 2833:
www.azleg.gov/legtext/48leg/2r/bills/hb2833p.pdf .

HB 2833 is a back-door attempt to ban ammunition sales in Arizona, right out of the Brady Campaign playbook.

It targets as yet undefined "assault weapon" ammunition, which is Orwellian double-speak for almost every caliber of ammunition now popular. If passed and signed by the Governor, it would be effective in a little over 10 months, on January 1, 2009, effectively halting all ammunition sales in Arizona.

HB 2833 requires all ammunition manufacturers to encode a unique serial number on the base of every bullet and on the inside of every cartridge. The bullet serial number and cartridge casing serial number would have to be identical. Say goodbye to reloads.

Ammunition sales would require recordation (i.e., registration) of the purchaser's name, driver's license, date of birth, etc. DPS would be required to maintain a database of ammunition coding and buyers.

Anyone possessing ammunition without serial numbers would be required to dispose of it by January 1, 2011. Would door-to-door search and seizures soon follow? How soon before traffic stops involving a gun owner turn into an arrest for unapproved ammunition? How soon will it be before the State tracks every gun sale so they can send a SWAT team out to "inquire" about your ammunition purchases?

A tax of ½ cent would be added to EVERY ROUND of ammunition sold. A case of ammunition would cost you an extra $5 in tax alone, and this does not factor in the added costs of manufacturing.

Manufactures and vendors would be steeply fined for not complying. With the requirements outlined above, what are the odds of any manufacturer creating "Arizona" ammunition? How about Zip, Nil, Nada, Zero, Zed, Zilch! You can kiss ammunition sales in Arizona goodbye.

With the current alignment in the State Legislature, the chances of HB 2883 getting to the Governor's desk (who would undoubtedly sign it!) are slim, so no letters are necessary at this time.

However, this is an election year, and the Legislature is poised for a dramatic shift in power to an anti-rights majority, unless YOU get involved in the election process and vote. If the legislature shifts to the other side this November, bills like HB 2833, HB 2358, HB 2429, HB 2430 and HB 2431 (www.azcdl.org/html/legislation.html) will be the law in Arizona. If that happens, those that sat around and did nothing are no different that the rabid supporters of the Brady Campaign. They are, in essence, supporting YOUR disarmament.

Get involved! Make a difference! Share this Alert with every gun owner you know.

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