CALIFORNIA AG DROPS APPEAL ON GUN REGISTRATION DECISION

DOJ, HCI FURTHER PLAN TO CONFISCATE GUNS

"The decision... paves the way for the Department of Justice to proceed with plans to force gun owners who both registered firearms... AND who abided by the law... to turn them in."

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      Attorney General Bill Lockyer decided on Tuesday to drop an appeal of a suit brought against the California Department of Justice by Handgun Control, Inc.

      Former Attorney General Dan Lungren appealed a July 1998 ruling by a San Francisco superior court judge that he violated the state's Assault Weapons Control Act (AWCA) by allowing the registration of firearms after the March 1992 deadline prescribed in the law. The decision by AG Lockyer to drop the appeal paves the way for the Department of Justice to proceed with plans to force gun owners, who both registered firearms after the deadline AND who abided by the law as interpreted by the Attorney General, to turn them in.

      Lockyer intends to ask the state legislature to appropriate funds to compensate those who have turned in their firearms. Gun owners who are affected by the Attorney General's decision will receive notification of their status from the DOJ and will have 90 days to comply. Those who do not comply within that time period will be identified from the registration list concerning the confiscation of their firearm(s).

      For more information on how you may be affected, please contact the California Department of Justice at (916) 227-3694.

(WEBMASTER NOTE: 6/30/99 - NRAWinningTeam.com breaks the CONFISCATION story)

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