SB 798 will not be voted on prior to the July 14 legislative recess. We expect the earliest this will be voted on is August 16, when they return. This gives us one month to get letters sent in to your representatives showing your opposition. A few hundred letters is not going to do it. Thousands of letters is what we need. If you can make appointments with your assembly person and senator they all have local offices in your district do so and make your voice heard, We HAVE to give them our message in person. Many people think that now is a good time to take a breather. It is NOT. Now we have to address the ENTIRE Assembly, so it requires even more effort on your part to get those letters out. The ASF is working hard behind the scenes but we need your help! Visit the Airsoft Safety Foundation website for sample letters and more information on how you can help.

The amendments completely void all language in the current bill and include a repeal of the existing state preemption ordinance which regulates imitation firearms, including airsoft guns, paintball guns, BB guns and pellet guns Government Code Section 53071.5.

If state preemption, which prohibits localities from passing their own gun control measures, is over-ridden here, the door will be open for municipalities across the state to write their own gun control ordinances affecting ALL types of firearms!

This would create criminals out of law-abiding citizens for merely turning down the wrong street and crossing over a city border.

Furthermore, by enacting such laws, cities would be able to apply business killing regulations on lawful firearms retailers.

State preemption laws mandate equal treatment of all state residents and MUST remain intact in order to provide uniform statewide firearms laws and prevent localities from creating a patchwork of different firearms-related ordinances.

For more information visit the Airsoft Safety Foundation website

Download and distribute the Letter located below then sign it and send to Senator de Leon, and your Assembly member and Senator using the contact links below!

Download Letter

California State Representitive Locater

NRA and CRPA (California Rifle and Pistol Assoc) oppose CA Bill SB798

Official responses to the legislation by some of the largest and most respected airsoft distributors in the industry:

Spartan Imports

Crossman

Softair USA

Voice your opposition to this bill by calling or writing to your local State Senator and assemblyman and the bill sponsor, State Senator Kevin de Leon:

California State Senator Contact Info

Contact information for State Senator Kevin De Leon (bill sponsor)

Sacramento Office:

Sentaor Kevin de Leon
California State Capitol
Room 5108
Sacramento, CA 94248
916-651-4022

Los Angeles Office:

Senator Kevin de Leon
617 S. Olive St.
Suite 710
Los Angeles, CA 90014
213-612-9566

Contact information for the 15 Republican Senators in California. Lets get them on board by calling, faxing and mailing them now!

Republican Senator Ted Gaines
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 3056
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4001
Fax: (916) 324-2680

Republican Senator Doug La Malfa
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 3070
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4004
Fax: (916) 445-7750

Republican Senator Anthony Cannella
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 3048
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4012
Fax: (916) 445-0773

Republican Contact Tom Berryhill
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 3076
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4014
Fax: (916) 327-3523

Republican Senator Sam Blakeslee
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 4070
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4015
Fax: (916) 445-8081

Republican Senator Sharon Runner
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 2048
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4017
Fax: (916) 445-4662

Republican Senator Jean Fuller
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 3063
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4018
Fax: (916) 322-3304

Republican Senator Tony Strickland
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 4062
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4019
Fax: (916) 324-7544

Republican Senator Bob Huff
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 5097
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4029
Fax: (916) 324-0922

Republican Senator Bob Dutton
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 305
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4031
Fax: (916) 327-2272

Republican Senator Mimi Walters
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 3082
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4033
Fax: (916) 445-9754

Republican Senator Tom Harman
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 5094
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4035
Fax: (916) 445-9263

Republican Senator Joel Anderson
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 2054
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4036
Fax: (916) 447-9008

Republican Senator Bill Emmerson
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 4082
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4037
Fax: (916) 327-2187

Republican Senator Mark Wyland
Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 4048
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4038
Fax: (916) 446-7382