Open letter to the Governor

Mr. Governor,

I am writing to you to encourage you to Veto AB-962.

The sanity of attempting to use Law to restrict the flow of munitions to those who openly ignore Law to start with is questionable at best. It will do nothing but harm those it means to protect.

Essentially, AB-962 will accomplish exactly the opposite of it's intent! Instead of discouraging crime, it would only restrict the ability of law-abiding citizens to defend themselves.

Even worse, there is a real risk that it could simply encourage currently law-abiding citizens to go down the path toward lawlessness, especially those heavily invested in the more extreme "Second Amendment" causes. That would be disastrous for our State.

Finally, AB-962 would put an undue burden on an already strained Budget. While there is a provision in the Bill for a fee to be charged to cover its expenses, the Department of Finance Bill Analysis clearly states that the total cost will most likely not be covered by the fee authorized within the Bill, leaving the remainder of the cost to the General Budget.

Please, for the good of our State, I encourage you to Veto AB-962.

Sincerely,

Steven R. Allen
Fairfield, CA