CA Bill to seize registered assault weapons dead, author says
"SACRAMENTO — One of the most controversial gun-control bills introduced in California this year — a move to seize the 166,000 registered assault weapons grandfathered in under the state's ban — is dead, its author said Thursday.
When Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Oakland, introduced AB174 in January, it was designed to declare the Legislature's intent to end all "grandfather clauses" allowing ownership of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines.
But on Tuesday, he gutted and amended the bill to address public-school health centers instead..."
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_22846837/bill-seize-registered-assault-weapons-dead-author-says
Remember, gun registration does NOT lead to gun confiscation.
Yeahhhh.... That's the ticket!
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And they could have paid them in a tax refund for their guns instead of paying them directly.
"It would be extremely expensive, for one — if you were going to take back guns that were grandfathered in, you would have to provide market compensation for them," he said. "I didn't think that made the most sense from a fiscal perspective."
Guess you aren't aware of what has happened to the market value for these firearms in the last few months.
Bonta also said he was keenly aware of the gun lobby's assertion that any state or national registration of firearms is merely a prelude to confiscation — something his bill actually pursued.
It has always seemed strange to me that a bill can be rewritten to be completely different: why not just introduce a new bill? 
"I didn't want to have a bill that plays into that argument," he said.
