California: Multiple Anti-Gun Bills on the Move

California lawmakers continue pushing sweeping anti-gun legislation targeting law-abiding gun owners, new residents, and even emerging technologies. The Senate Appropriations Committee has advanced multiple anti-Second Amendment bills, including Senate Bill 948, which is now eligible for a vote on the Senate Floor. Yesterday, the Assembly passed AB 2047, AB 1743, and AB 1753, which will now be transmitted to the Senate for further consideration. Please continue to read below and use the Take Action button below to contact your Senator, urging them to OPPOSE SB-948.

Pending Floor Votes in the Senate:

Senate Bill 948 would dramatically expand California’s Firearm Safety Certificate (FSC) requirements by mandating a minimum four-hour training course beginning in 2028, including live-fire exercises and state-prescribed classroom instruction. The bill also imposes a new mandate on individuals moving into California. Though the Committee did amend the classroom requirements from an original eight-hours, down to four-hours and added an exemption for CCW holders, it seems that anti-gun lawmakers in California still do not understand a simple concept; Criminal misuse of firearms is not the result of insufficient government mandates. Yet this bill imposes additional regulatory burdens on law-abiding citizens while doing nothing to address crime.

Bills that passed the Assembly and are being transmitted to the Senate:

Assembly Bill 2047 prohibits the sale or transfer of 3-dimensional printers unless equipped with so-called "firearm blocking technology”, now amended to read “firearm blueprint detection algorithms”, designed to detect and prevent the printing of known firearm blueprint designs. Further, AB 2047 mandates that all certified manufactures of 3-D printers be listed on the California Department of Justice's website and creates a criminal offense for knowingly facilitating the circumvention of firearm blocking technology. This sweeping regulation that presents both First and Second Amendment concerns, also requires manufactures to submit models for state approval and certification.  Click here to read more.

Assembly Bill 1743 would expand the state’s firearm owner data-sharing framework by increasing access to information maintained in California’s Automated Firearms System and related databases. Expanding this system raises significant concerns given California’s track record of protecting firearm owner data. In 2022, the California Department of Justice exposed the personal information of thousands of firearm owners and concealed carry permit holders in a widely reported data breach.

Assembly Bill 1753 would “clarify” California’s Gun Violence Restraining Order (GVRO) violation framework by explicitly subjecting ammunition possession to the same hearing and enforcement procedures currently applied to firearms. Red flag laws have repeatedly stripped law-abiding citizens of their Second Amendment rights while undermining basic due process protections. Existing red flag laws in California should not be expanded under the guise of “clarification,” but repealed.

Please stay tuned to www.nraila.org and your inbox for further updates, as your NRA continues to defend the Second Amendment in the Golden State.