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			    RKBA-ALERT Digest 551
Topics covered in this issue include:
  1) ALERT: CA CO - State and Local Alerts by NRA Alerts 
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Topic No. 1
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 19:07:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: NRA Alerts 
To: rkba-alert-real.nra
Subject: ALERT: CA CO - State and Local Alerts
Message-ID: 
APRIL 20, 1998
Alert: CA CO - State and Local Alerts
CALIFORNIA:
                          ONE VOTE SHORT
     As reported in our Special California FAX Alert on Tuesday,
Assembly Bill 23, Assemblyman  Don Perata's proposal to replace
California's current semi-automatic gun ban with one that would
provide a generic description of so called "assault weapons",
failed to garner the 41 votes necessary for passage.  After
Monday's  40-30 defeat Perata requested and was granted
reconsideration, so another vote could take place at any  time. 
Please continue calling your  Assembly Members at (916) 445-3614
and urge them to vote "NO" on AB 23! 
               "SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL" BILL MOVES
     The Senate Public Safety Committee approved  SB 1500
(Polanco), a bill seeking to ban affordable handguns.  The
legislation is essentially the same as a measure vetoed by
Governor Wilson last year.  SB 1500 now heads to the Senate
Appropriations for consideration. 
                        GUN DEBATE AT UCLA
     On Tuesday, April 21, NRA-ILA's Dr. Paul Blackman and anti-
gun Dr. Garen Wintemute, of the Violence Prevention Research
Program, will debate "Perspectives on Firearms".  The discussion
will be from 3-5 p.m. in the California Room at the UCLA Faculty
Center, located 480 Circle Drive (between Sunset Blvd. And Le
Conte Ave.) in Los Angeles.  For more detailed directions call
UCLA Information at (310) 825-4321.  Be sure to get there early,
as seating is limited to 200.  Free parking will be provided to
the first 100 cars but attendees will also find pay parking near
by.                                                              
COLORADO:
     Good News.  On Monday, April 13, Governor Roy Romer (D)
signed House Bill 1170, the NRA-backed Range Protection
legislation.  Colorado joins 31 other states with a law
protecting shooting range facilities against certain noise
ordinances or nuisances actions aimed at shutting them down.
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This information is provided as a service of the National Rifle
Association Institute for Legislative Action, Fairfax, VA.
This and other information on the Second Amendment and the NRA is
available at: http://WWW.NRA.Org
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