Patrick
grew up in Redding, attended
Shasta College and
Sacramento State University.
For the past 27 years he has
worked in the family
business at Jones Fort - a
full line gun shop. He has
always had a deep concern
for the economic health of
the city. Patrick was an
active member of the Redding
City Council 2006 - 2014
where he fought to control
expenses and help the city
live within its means.
THIS is the government the
founding fathers warned you
about. Legislating the 2nd
Amendment??????
Ammunition
Requires the
Attorney General
to maintain
information
about ammunition
transactions and
ammunition
vendor licenses.
Provides the
conditions which
allow for the
dissemination of
the name of a
person and the
fact of any
ammunition
purchases by
that person.
Relates to
victims of
domestic
violence. Makes
the transfer of
any ammunition a
face-to-face
transaction.
Provides only a
licensed
ammunition
vendor may sell
ammunition.
Extends
provisions
regarding
disallowed
ammunition sales
to any
ammunition.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Position:
Oppose
ReportType:
Website
05/19/2016:
In SENATE.
Read third
time. Passed
SENATE.
*****To
ASSEMBLY for
concurrence.
Firearms:
Identifying
Information
Requires a
person who
manufacturers or
assembles a
firearm to first
apply for a
unique serial
number or other
identifying
mark. Provides
exceptions.
Requires a
person who owns
a firearm that
does not bear a
serial number to
apply for that
number or mark.
Prohibits the
transfer or
ownership or
sale of such
firearm.
Prohibits aiding
a person who is
prohibited from
firearm
possession in
the manufacture
or assembly of a
firearm.
Requires a fee
for the serial
number of mark.
Makes a
violation a
misdemeanor.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Position:
Oppose
ReportType:
Website
Attachments:
AB 857 - GOC
Factssheet
05/19/2016:
In SENATE.
Read third
time. Passed
SENATE.
*****To
ASSEMBLY for
concurrence.
Firearms:
Assault Weapons
Amends existing
law that
prohibits the
possession or
transfer of
assault weapons
to revise the
definition of
such weapons.
Exempts from
punishment, a
person who
possessed an
assault weapon
prior to a
specified date,
if specified
requirements are
met. Requires
any person, who
lawfully
possessed
specified
assault weapon
during a
specified time
period to
register the
weapon with the
Department of
Justice.
Authorizes
increasing the
registration
fee. Requires
registrations
via the Internet
with a fee.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Position:
Oppose
ReportType:
Website
Attachments:
AB 1135 - GOC
Factsheet
05/19/2016:
In SENATE.
Read third
time. Passed
SENATE.
*****To
ASSEMBLY for
concurrence.
Theft:
Firearms
Amends
Proposition 47
that makes the
theft of
property under a
specified value
petty theft and
punished as a
misdemeanor, to
make the theft
of a firearm
grand theft
punishable with
specified
sentences, to
make the buying
and receiving of
stolen firearms,
with the
knowledge
thereof a
misdemeanor or
felony, and to
add to the list
of related
misdemeanors,
the conviction
of petty theft
of a firearm of
a person
prohibited from
possessing a
firearm within a
specified time
period of an
earlier
conviction.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Position:
Support
ReportType:
Website
05/19/2016:
In SENATE.
Read third
time. Passed
SENATE.
*****To
ASSEMBLY for
concurrence.
Firearms:
Lending
Amends existing
law that
regulates the
lending of
firearms. Limits
the exemption of
lending a
firearm through
an authorized
dealer to
include
specified family
members.
Requires a
handgun loaned
to be registered
to the person
loaning the
handgun.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Position:
Oppose
ReportType:
Website
Attachments:
AB 1511 - GOC
Factsheet
05/19/2016:
In SENATE.
Read third
time. Passed
SENATE.
*****To
ASSEMBLY for
concurrence.
Firearms:
Assault Weapons
Classifies a
semiautomatic
centerfire rifle
that does not
have a fixed
magazine with
the capacity to
accept no more
than 10 rounds
as an assault
weapon. Requires
a person who
lawfully
possessed an
assault weapon
that does not
have a fixed
magazine,
including those
weapons with an
ammunition
feeding device
that can be
removed readily
from the firearm
with the use of
a tool, and who,
on or after a
specified date,
possesses that
firearm, to
register the
firearm by a
specified date.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Position:
Oppose
ReportType:
Website
Attachments:
AB 1663 - GOC
Factsheet
AB 1663 - PS -
2-16
05/27/2016:
In ASSEMBLY
Committee on
APPROPRIATIONS:
Held in
committee.
Firearms:
Assault Weapons GOC
Summary:
Amends the
definition of an
"assault weapon"
to include
weapons equipped
with the "bullet
button" or other
tool that allows
for easily
changeable
magazines.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Position:
Oppose
ReportType:
Website
Attachments:
AB 1664 - GOC
Factsheet
AB 1664 - PS -
2-16
06/01/2016:
In ASSEMBLY.
Read second
time. To
third
reading.
In ASSEMBLY.
Assembly
Rule 63
suspended.
In ASSEMBLY.
Read third
time. Passed
ASSEMBLY.
*****To
SENATE.
Firearms:
Unfinished Frame
or Receiver
Expands the
definition of
firearm, for
regulations that
regulate the
transfer and
possession of
firearms, to
include a frame
or receiver
blank, casting,
or machined
body, that is
designed and
clearly
identifiable as
a component of a
functional
weapon, which is
expelled through
a barrel, a
projectile by
the force of an
explosion or
other form of
combustion.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Position:
Oppose
ReportType:
Website
Attachments:
AB 1673 - GOC
Factsheet
AB 1673 - PS -
2-16
06/01/2016:
In ASSEMBLY.
Read second
time. To
third
reading.
In ASSEMBLY.
Read third
time. Passed
ASSEMBLY.
*****To
SENATE.
Firearms:
Transfers GOC
Summary:
Caps the number
of firearms that
may be purchased
by a person at
one per month -
the same
restriction
currently in
place for
handguns.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Position:
Oppose
ReportType:
Website
Attachments:
AB 1674 - GOC
Fact Sheet
AB 1674 - PS -
2-16
06/01/2016:
In ASSEMBLY.
Read second
time. To
third
reading.
In ASSEMBLY.
Assembly
Rule 63
suspended.
In ASSEMBLY.
Read third
time. Passed
ASSEMBLY.
*****To
SENATE.
Firearms: False
Reports of
Stolen Firearms
Makes it a
misdemeanor to
report to a
local law
enforcement
agency that a
firearm has been
lost or stolen,
knowing that
report to be
false. Makes it
a misdemeanor
for a person
convicted of
violating this
provision to own
a firearm within
a specified time
period following
a conviction.
Defines firearm
to include a
specified
weapons and
parts of
weapons.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Position:
Undecided as to
Position
ReportType:
Website
Attachments:
AB 1695 - PS
2-16
06/01/2016:
In ASSEMBLY.
Read second
time. To
third
reading.
In ASSEMBLY.
Assembly
Rule 63
suspended.
In ASSEMBLY.
Read third
time. Passed
ASSEMBLY.
*****To
SENATE.
Firearms:
Imitation
Firearms:
Gun-Shaped Phone
Cases
Amends the laws
regulating
imitation
firearms.
Specifies that
the definition
of imitation
firearm
includes, but is
not limited to,
a protective
case for a
cellular
telephone that
is so
substantially
similar in
coloration and
overall
appearance to an
existing firearm
as to lead a
reasonable
person to
perceive that
the device is a
firearm.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Position:
Watch
ReportType:
Website
Theft:
Firearms
Makes the buying
or receiving of
a stolen
firearm, with
knowledge that
the property was
stolen, or the
concealing,
selling,
withholding, or
aiding in
concealing,
selling, or
withholding of a
firearm, with
knowledge that
the property was
stolen, a
misdemeanor or a
felony.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Position:
Support
ReportType:
Website
Attachments:
AB 1869 - GOC
Factsheet
AB 1869 - PS -
3-16
05/31/2016:
In ASSEMBLY.
Read third
time. Passed
ASSEMBLY.
*****To
SENATE.
Firearms:
Prohibitions:
Exemptions
Amends existing
law that makes
it a crime for
any person in
this state to
manufacture,
import into the
state, keep for
sale, offer or
expose for sale,
give, or lend an
unsafe handgun.
Makes the
prohibition
inapplicable to
the sale of a
handgun to, or
purchase of one
by, other peace
officers who
have
satisfactorily
completed the
portion of an
introductory
training course
pertaining to
the carrying and
use of firearms.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Position:
Watch
ReportType:
Website
Firearms
Requires a
firearms dealer
to immediately
release a
firearm to a
recipient who is
not prohibited
from possessing,
receiving,
owning, or
purchasing a
firearm if the
person is
authorized to
carry a
concealed
firearm,
possesses a
valid
Certificate of
Eligibility, or
owns a firearm
registered with
the Department
of Justice.
Makes additional
conforming
changes.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Position:
Support
ReportType:
Website
Attachments:
AB 2229 - GOC
Factsheet
AB 2229 - PS ltr
4-16
04/20/2016:
In ASSEMBLY
Committee on
PUBLIC
SAFETY:
Failed
passage.
From
ASSEMBLY
Committee on
PUBLIC
SAFETY
without
further
action
pursuant to
JR 62(a).
Firearms:
Prohibitions:
Exemptions:
Probation
Relates to
existing law
that makes it a
crime for any
person in this
state to
manufacture,
import into the
state, keep for
sale, offer or
expose for sale,
give, or lend an
unsafe handgun.
Makes this
prohibition
inapplicable to
the sale to, or
purchase by, a
probation
department.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Position:
Watch
Gun-free
School Zone
Exempts from
both the
gun-free school
zone and the
university
prohibitions a
person holding a
valid license to
carry a
concealed
firearm who is
also protected
by a domestic
violence
protective
order.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Position:
Support
ReportType:
Website
Attachments:
AB 2340 - GOC
Factsheet
AB 2340 - PS -
3-2016
04/21/2016:
From
ASSEMBLY
Committee on
PUBLIC
SAFETY
without
further
action
pursuant to
JR 62(a).
Proposition 47:
Repeat Offenses
Authorize the
prosecution to
charge a person
with a felony if
the person has
been previously
convicted a set
number of times
of the crimes
reduced to a
misdemeanor by
Proposition 47
or, if the crime
being prosecuted
is petty theft,
when the person
has been
convicted of
specified other
crimes,
including grand
theft and
carjacking under
specified
conditions.
Makes it grand
theft when any
of the items
taken is a
firearm.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Position:
Support
ReportType:
Website
Attachments:
AB 2369 - PS -
3-2016
AB 2369 -GOC
Factsheet
05/03/2016:
From
ASSEMBLY
Committee on
PUBLIC
SAFETY
without
further
action
pursuant to
JR 62(a).
Firearms
Dealers: Conduct
of Business GOC
Summary:
Requires a
licensee to
ensure that its
business
premises are
monitored by
video
surveillance
that, among
other
requirements,
visually records
and archives
footage of every
sale or transfer
of a firearm or
ammunition, in a
manner that
makes the facial
features of the
purchaser
clearly visible
in the recorded
footage.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Position:
Oppose
ReportType:
Website
Attachments:
AB 2459 - GOC
Factsheeet
AB 2459 - PS
letter 4-16
04/19/2016:
In ASSEMBLY
Committee on
PRIVACY AND
CONSUMER
PROTECTION:
Failed
passage.
Firearms:
Violations
Makes firearms
offenses
punishable by
imprisonment;
amends felony
sentences for
knowingly
selling,
supplying,
delivering, or
giving
possession or
control of a
firearm to
prohibited
persons,
including
minors.
Prohibits sales,
loans or
transfers of
firearms to
persons who are
not the actual
purchaser,
transferee or
recipient of the
loan to avoid
sales through a
dealer.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Position:
Support
ReportType:
Website
Attachments:
AB 2478 - GOC
Factsheet
AB 2478 - PS
letr - 4-16
04/21/2016:
From
ASSEMBLY
Committee on
PUBLIC
SAFETY
without
further
action
pursuant to
JR 62(a).
Firearms: Unsafe
Handguns
Relates to
unsafe handguns.
Relates to a
roster listing
handguns that
have been tested
and have been
determined not
to be unsafe.
Allows a handgun
model removed
from the roster
for other than
failure upon
retesting to be
reinstated to
the roster upon
a petition to
the Attorney
General. Revises
the features in
which an
unlisted firearm
may differ from
a listed firearm
and still
satisfy
requirements of
being on the
roster if the
manufacturer
alters the
process,
materials,
function or
components.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Position:
Support
ReportType:
Website
Attachments:
AB 2508 - GOC
Factsheet
AB 2508 - letter
3-16
04/21/2016:
From
ASSEMBLY
Committee on
PUBLIC
SAFETY
without
further
action
pursuant to
JR 62(a).
Firearms:
License to Carry
Concealed
Relates to
licenses to
carry a
concealed
firearm.
Requires the
Attorney General
to develop a
uniform license
that may be used
as indicia of
proof of
licensure
throughout the
state.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Position:
Support
ReportType:
Website
Attachments:
AB 2510 - GOC
Factsheeet
Sales
and Use Taxes
and Gun Safes
Provides an
exemption from
the sales and
use tax laws for
the gross
receipts from
the sale of, and
the storage,
use, or other
consumption of,
gun safes with a
specified cost
range and
trigger locks.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Position:
Support
ReportType:
Website
Attachments:
AB 2540 - GOC
Factsheet
05/09/2016:
In ASSEMBLY
Committee on
REVENUE AND
TAXATION: To
Suspense
File.
In ASSEMBLY
Committee on
REVENUE AND
TAXATION:
Failed
passage.
Firearm
Restraining
Orders
Relates to
firearm
restraining
orders.
Authorizes an
employer, a
coworker, a
mental health
worker who has
seen the person
as a patient
within specified
months, or an
employee of a
secondary or
postsecondary
school that the
person has
attended within
specified months
to file a
petition for an
ex parte,
one-year, or
renewed gun
violence
restraining
order. Specifies
that these
provisions shall
not be construed
to require any
of those persons
to seek a gun
violence
restraining
order.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Position:
Oppose
Attachments:
AB 2607 - PS
letr -4-16
06/01/2016:
In ASSEMBLY.
Read third
time. Passed
ASSEMBLY.
*****To
SENATE.
Firearms
and Felons in
Possession
Relates to
felons in
possession of
firearms.
Provides an
increase in the
punishment for
subsequent
convictions of
that felony.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Position:
Support
ReportType:
Website
Attachments:
AB 2666 - GOC
Factsheet
AB 2666 - PS -
4-16
05/27/2016:
From
ASSEMBLY
Committee on
PUBLIC
SAFETY
without
further
action
pursuant to
JR 62(a).
Theft:
Firearms
Relates to Safe
Neighborhoods
and Schools Act.
Makes the theft
of a firearm
grand theft in
all cases and
punishable by
imprisonment in
the state
prison. Makes
the buying or
receiving of a
stolen firearm,
with knowledge
that the
property was
stolen, or the
concealing,
selling,
withholding, or
aiding
concealing,
selling, or
withholding of a
firearm, with
knowledge that
the property was
stolen, a
misdemeanor or a
felony.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Position:
Oppose
05/27/2016:
From
ASSEMBLY
Committee on
PUBLIC
SAFETY
without
further
action
pursuant to
JR 62(a).
Firearms:
Assault Weapons
Provides an
updated
definition for
assault weapon
and fixed
magazine.
Exempts from
punishment under
penalty
provisions of
existing law
regarding the
possession of an
assault weapon,
a person who
possessed such
weapons prior to
a specified
date, if
specified
requirements are
met. Requires a
person who
lawfully
possessed a
defined assault
weapon prior to
a specified
date, to
register the
firearm with the
Department of
Justice before a
specified date.
Authorizes an
increase in the
registration
fee.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Position:
Oppose
ReportType:
Website
Attachments:
SB 650 - GOC
Factsheet
06/01/2016:
Re-referred
to ASSEMBLY
Committee on
PUBLIC
SAFETY.
Firearms:
Securing
Handguns in
Vehicles
Requires a
person, when
leaving a
handgun in an
unattended
vehicle, to
secure the
handgun by
locking it in
the trunk of the
vehicle or
locking it in a
locked container
and placing the
container out of
plain view.
Makes a
violation of
these
requirements an
infraction
punishable by a
fine. Makes
these
requirements
inapplicable to
the
transportation
of unloaded
firearms by a
licensed common
carrier in
conformance with
applicable
federal law.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Position:
Watch
ReportType:
Website
05/18/2016:
From
ASSEMBLY
Committee on
PUBLIC
SAFETY with
author's
amendments.
In ASSEMBLY.
Read second
time and
amended.
Re-referred
to Committee
on PUBLIC
SAFETY.
Firearms:
Assault Weapons
Revises the
definition of
assault weapon
to mean a
semiautomatic
centerfire
rifle, or a
semiautomatic
pistol that does
not have a fixed
magazine but has
any one of
specified
attributes.
Exempts persons
who possessed
such weapons
prior to a
specified date
from punishment.
Requires persons
possessing
certain assault
weapons prior to
a specified date
to register the
firearm with the
Department of
Justice.
Authorizes a
related fee
increase.
Requires
registrations to
be done over the
Internet with a
related fee.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Position:
Oppose
Priority:
High
ReportType:
Website
Attachments:
SB 880 - GOC
factsheet
SB 880 - PS ltr
-4-16
Firearms: Lost
or Stolen:
Reports
Requires every
person to report
the theft or
loss of a
firearm he or
she owns or
possesses to a
local law
enforcement
agency in the
jurisdiction in
which the theft
or loss occurred
within a
specified number
of days of the
time he or she
knew or
reasonably
should have
known that the
firearm had been
stolen or lost,
and requires
every person who
has made such
report to notify
the local law
enforcement
agency within a
specified number
hours if the
firearm is
recovered.
Provides for
infractions for
violations.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Position:
Oppose
ReportType:
Website
Attachments:
SB 894 - GOC
Factsheet
SB 894 - PS ltr
4-16
Firearm
Violence
Research Center
Enacts the
Firearm Violence
Research Act.
Declares the
intent of the
Legislature that
the Regents of
the University
of California
establish the
California
Firearm Violence
Research Center
to research
firearm-related
violence.
Requires the
University to
report specified
information
regarding the
activities of
the Center and
information
pertaining to
research grants.
Requires the
Center and grant
recipients to
provide copies
of their
research
publications to
the Legislature
and specified
entities.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Position:
Oppose
ReportType:
Website
Attachments:
SB 1006 - GOC
Factsheet
SB 1006 - Sen Ed
3-16
SB 1006 - Sen PS
4-16
06/01/2016:
To ASSEMBLY
Committees
on HIGHER
EDUCATION
and PUBLIC
SAFETY.
Firearms
Provides that
the limitation
of time for
filing a
criminal
complaint would
not commence
until a
specified time
period after
discovery of,
but in no event
later than a
specified number
of years after
the commission
of, a violation
for a specified
offense
involving the
transfer of
firearms,
including
violating
prohibits
against
transferring a
firearm to a
person who is
prohibited from
possessing a
firearm, and
transferring a
handgun to a
person under a
specified age.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Attachments:
SB 1037 - PS -
3-2016
04/13/2016:
From SENATE
Committee on
PUBLIC
SAFETY with
author's
amendments.
In SENATE.
Read second
time and
amended.
Re-referred
to Committee
on PUBLIC
SAFETY.
Ammunition
Requires the
Attorney General
to maintain
information
about ammunition
transactions and
ammunition
vendor licenses.
Provides
dissemination of
the name of a
person
purchasing
ammunition if
the person has
been in the
legal system for
domestic
violence.
Extends
provisions
regarding the
delivery or
transfer of
ownership of
ammunition.
Revises the term
vendor for
ammunition sales
purposes.
Updates the use
of the
Prohibited Armed
Persons File.
Updates a
prohibition on
the sale of
ammunition to
certain persons.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Position:
Oppose
ReportType:
Website
Firearms
Requires the
Department of
Justice to
modify its
registration
form so that
both spouses or
both domestic
partners may
register as
owners of the
firearm.
Requires the
Department to
maintain both
names on the
firearms
registry.
Requires the
Attorney General
to maintain
information
supplied to the
Department of
Justice by
persons who take
possession of a
firearm pursuant
to an exception
to the
requirement that
firearms
transactions be
completed
through a
licensed
firearms dealer,
including loans
of firearms.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Position:
Watch
ReportType:
Website
Attachments:
SB 1332 - GOC
Factsheet
06/02/2016:
In SENATE.
Read third
time. Passed
SENATE.
*****To
ASSEMBLY.
Firearms:
Prohibited
Persons
Requires the
Department of
Justice, if the
department
determines that
a person
prohibited from
owning,
purchasing,
receiving, or
possessing a
firearm by
provision of
existing law has
attempted to
acquire a
firearm, to
notify the local
law enforcement
agency with
primary
jurisdiction
over the area in
which the person
was last known
to reside.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Firearms:
Identifying
Information
Requires a
person who
manufactures or
assembles a
firearm to apply
for a unique
serial number of
other
identifying
mark. Provides
exceptions.
Requires any
person who owns
a firearm that
does not bear a
serial number to
apply for a
unique serial
number or other
mark of
identification.
Provides
exceptions.
Requires a
person to
complete a
firearms
eligibility
check before the
Department of
Justice may
grant an
application for
the assignment
of a serial
number of mark
of
identification.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Position:
Oppose
ReportType:
Website
Attachments:
SB 1407 - GOC
Factsheet
SB 1407 - PS
4-16
Firearms:
Magazine
Capacity
Amends existing
law which
prohibits the
sale, gift, and
loan of a
large-capacity
magazine to make
a violation an
infraction with
graduated fines
for violations.
Requires a
person in lawful
possession of
such magazine
prior to a
specified date,
to dispose of
the magazine.
Provides
exceptions,
including
allowing
licensed
gunsmiths and
honorable sworn
peace officers
to possess such
magazine.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Position:
Oppose
ReportType:
Website
Attachments:
SB 1446 - GOC
Factsheet
SB 1446 - PS
letr 4-16
Gun
Violence:
Research
Urges the
Congress to lift
an existing
prohibition
against publicly
funded
scientific
research on the
causes of gun
violence and its
effects on
public health
and to
appropriate
funds for that
research.
Category:
2016_Legislation
Category:
Ammunition_Firearms
Position:
Oppose
ReportType:
Website
Attachments:
SJR 20 - GOC
Factsheet
SJR 20 - Sen PS
letr 4-16
Patrick
grew up in Redding, attended
Shasta College and
Sacramento State University.
For the past 27 years he has
worked in the family
business at Jones Fort - a
full line gun shop. He has
always had a deep concern
for the economic health of
the city. Patrick was an
active member of the Redding
City Council 2006 - 2014
where he fought to control
expenses and help the city
live within its means.
