Assembly Bill 357 was voted down yesterday in a 5 to 1 vote. Every Democrat voted NO with the lone Republican member voting in the affirmative. Support and Opposition was as follows:
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION
Support
American Justice Center
California Association of Firearms Retailers
California Rifle and Pistol Association
Gun Owners of California
Hi-Caliber Investigations
National Rifle Association
Stutchman Forensic Laboratory
469 Private Citizens
Opposition
California Chapters of the Brady Campaign
California Peace Officers Association
California Police Chiefs Association
California State Sheriffs’ Association
Legal Community Against Violence
Sheriff, Alameda County
Sheriff, Butte County
Sheriff, Del Norte County
Sheriff, Santa Barbara County
Sheriff, Santa Cruz County
Sheriff, Shasta County
Sheriff, Ventura County
Sheriff’s Office, Tuolumne County
It is amazing to me that so many sheriffs and Law Enforcement personnel were present. The SCOTUS decided that police do not have the responsibility to protect the public and the LEO’s don’t want us to be able to do it ourselves. What is left? Please go to Assemblymember Steve Knight’s website and voice your support. Get involved. The assembly agreed to hear the bill again in the future. We would like to go into the next hearing with 100,000 signatures.
-QB
