CAL-ERT 04/17/09 –  NOON — CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.

AB 357 (Knight) CONCEALED FIREARMS LICENSE This bill would create a “shall issue” CCW permit system in California. Existing law authorizes the sheriff of a county, upon proof that the person applying is of good moral character, that good cause exists, and that the person applying satisfies any one of certain conditions, as specified, to issue a license for the person to carry a concealed handgun, as specified. This bill would delete the good cause requirement, and require the sheriff to issue the license if the other criteria described above are met. STATUS: Scheduled for the Assembly Public Safety Committee on Tuesday, April 21st — SUPPORT AB 962 (DeLeon) AMMO RESTRICTIONS This bill would: establish a database and a program administered and maintained by the Department of Justice for licensing handgun ammunition vendors. require that commencing July 1, 2010, unless specifically excluded, no person shall sell or transfer more than 50 rounds of handgun ammunition in any month unless he or she is registered as a handgun ammunition vendor. also provide that no retail seller of ammunition shall sell, offer for sale, or display for sale, any handgun ammunition in a manner that allows that ammunition to be accessible to a purchaser without the assistance of the retailer or employee thereof. further pro