Bill Text: CA SJR7 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Senate Joint Resolution 7 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-07-19 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 63, Statutes of 2011. [SJR7 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SJR7-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: SJR 7	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  63
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 19, 2011
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 19, 2011
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  JUNE 27, 2011
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 14, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Padilla
   (Coauthors: Senators Alquist, Hancock, Liu, and Lowenthal)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Ammiano, Campos, Davis, Dickinson,
Feuer, Huffman, Ma, and Portantino)

                        MAY 23, 2011

   Relative to large capacity ammunition magazines.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SJR 7, Padilla. Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act.
   This measure would memorialize the Legislature's support of the
proposed federal Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act.



   WHEREAS, Large capacity ammunition magazines have been used in
numerous mass shootings, including in Tucson on January 8, 2011,
Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007, Fort Hood on November 5, 2009,
Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, San Francisco at 101
California Street on July 1, 1993, and the Long Island Railroad on
December 7, 1993. In total, 91 people died and 114 were injured in
these attacks; and
   WHEREAS, According to Tucson law enforcement, large capacity
ammunition magazines increased the lethality of the Tucson attack on
January 8, 2011. The shooter was able to rapidly fire at least 30
shots from one ammunition magazine, hitting 19 people, including
United States Representative Gabrielle Giffords, and killing six
others, including a 9-year-old girl and a federal judge; and
   WHEREAS, The attack was limited to the capacity of the shooter's
ammunition magazine; when it was empty the shooter was stopped while
attempting to reload another large capacity ammunition magazine. A
large capacity ammunition magazine enabled the shooter to fire more
than three times the rounds of a standard ammunition magazine; and
   WHEREAS, Ammunition magazines containing more than 10 rounds were
banned under the Federal Assault Weapons Act, which Congress did not
renew in 2004; and
   WHEREAS, Only six states and the District of Columbia currently
limit the capacity of ammunition magazines; and
   WHEREAS, On January 18, 2011, United States Representative Carolyn
McCarthy introduced H.R. 308, the Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding
Device Act, and on January 25, 2011, United States Senator Frank
Lautenberg introduced S. 32, the Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding
Device Act, both of which prohibit the transfer, possession, and
import of large capacity ammunition magazines; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of
California, jointly, That the Legislature of the State of California
hereby supports H.R. 308, the Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding
Device Act, introduced by United States Representative Carolyn
McCarthy and S. 32, the Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act,
introduced by United States Senator Frank Lautenberg; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Legislature urges the President and the
Congress of the United States to enact the Large Capacity Ammunition
Feeding Device Act; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States,
to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to each Senator and
Representative from California in the Congress of the United States,
and to the author for appropriate distribution.