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Bill: California AB 2156
Author: Asm. Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland)
Position: Opposed
Summary: Ends the age-old tradition of homebuilt firearms
Status 7/21/22: Signed By The Governor
AB 2156 would mandate that only licensed firearms manufacturers would be allowed to make firearms, thus eliminating the age-old tradition of homebuilt firearms.
Under current law, Californians who want to build firearms for their own personal use don’t have to become firearms licensees. Those who wish to do so must apply for a serial number and go through a background check, prior to building the firear. And it’s still illegal for a prohibited person to make a firearm for personal use, or for these unlicensed private gunmakers to “engage in the business” of selling their guns to others.
Any person or entity “engaged in the business” of manufacturing or selling firearms—including frames or receivers—has to be licensed by the state of California and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or ATF, as a federal firearms licensee.
Federal firearms licensees are subject to a plethora of regulatory burdens: Their firearms must be marked with individualized serial numbers; they must keep extensive records of all firearm sales or transfers; and they must conduct background checks on all prospective firearm purchasers.
AB 2156 does nothing to stop those who want to build a firearm for illegal activities from doing so. All it does is put an end to a long standing, constitutionally protected tradition.
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