October 11, 2013: Further to our update this afternoon, Governor Brown’s decisions on thirteen pending firearms bills have been released.  Among the highlights are Gov. Brown’s approval of the bill banning lead ammo by 2019 (AB 711) and permitting “federal law enforcement” to purchase non-rostered handguns (SB 363), and his veto of the bills proposing to ban semi-automatic centerfire rifles without fixed magazines (SB 374) and the bill which would have revised the definition of shotgun to include firearms with rifled barrels (SB 567). The other nine bills are summarized below:

VETOED

SB 299—would have required gun owners to report a gun theft or loss to police within seven days.

AB 169—would have tightened exemptions from the prohibition on purchasing non-rostered handguns

SIGNED

SB 683—Effective January 1, 2015: requires purchasers of long guns to earn a safety certificates prior to the purchase.

AB 48—Effective January 1, 2014: bans conversion kits that allow people to turn regular magazines into high-capacity magazines.

AB 170—prohibits organizations such as corporations and partnerships from obtaining a permit to possess an assault weapon, .50 BMG rifle, or machine gun.

AB 231—makes it a crime to leave a loaded firearm where a child is likely to be able to access it without permission.

AB 500—imposes more stringent safe storage requirements on households where someone is prohibited from owning a gun resides, extends the time permitted for Department of Justice background checks and requires dealers to notify the Department of Justice when a purchaser actually takes possession of a purchased firearm.

AB 538—requires a licensed firearm dealer to provide copies of the dealer’s record of sale to the purchaser at delivery.

AB 539—allows a person temporarily prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm to transfer firearms to a licensed firearms dealer for storage.