Roberti-Ross Assault Weapons Control Act 1989
This story us s little personal for me. I went to Sacramento to lobby lawmakers to not to pass this law. I have been, and continue to be against this law and all "assault weapons" bans in the United States including the 1994 Federal assault weapons ban; The Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act or Federal Assault Weapons Ban. California Attorney General at the time; John Van De Kamp, pushed through this legislation as a purely emotional reaction, one not based on the rule of law, to the Stockton School Shooting incident in January 1989. My opposition has three elements. First of all, long rifles, that are legal, and used for hunting, and some that were and, and still are used in war, are the same firearm. All Fire arms are assault weapons, because they are an offensive. They are also a defensive weapon. That distinction being the user, The distinction between the prohibited weapons, and law abiding weapons, is a fallacy. Second, the...