Earlier today we covered the passage of AB 1127 in the waning hours of the 2025 legislative session in Sacramento, but as California Rifle and Pistol Association Legislative Director Rick Travis reminded me on today’s Bearing Arms’ Cam & Company, that wasn’t the only bad bill pending in the legislature as it headed into the final weekend of the session.
Last week lawmakers gave their final stamp of approval to SB 704, which will require background checks on the sale of standalone purchases of gun barrels. Gun control group Brady touted the legislation as the first of its kind, which is true. That’s because it’s an absolutely idiotic idea. California already bans the possession of unserialized, homebuilt firearms and “precursor parts”, which are defined as any unfinished frame or receiver that can be readily completed or assembled into a functional firearm. This bill is a tacit admission that the “ghost gun” ban hasn’t stopped the proliferation of these guns, but subjecting rifles to a background check won’t do that either. If anything they’ve just created a black market demand for these items, and with the law not taking effect until July, 2027, illicit sellers have plenty of time to stock up before the background check requirement goes into effect.
AB 1078 was also approved by lawmakers, and will be subject to a court challenge once it takes effect. The bill is a response to the fact that the federal courts have struck down California’s “1-in-30” gun rationing law as a violation of the Second Amendment. Instead of recognizing that imposing artificial limits on the number of firearms that can be purchased in any given time has no place in the historic tradition of gun ownership (or the plain text of the Second Amendment), California Democrats are trying to play “Let’s Make a Deal” with the courts.
AB 1078 replaces the “1-in-30” law with a “3-in-30” law, though there’s no more historical justification for that arbitrary limit than there was for the law that was ruled unconstitutional. The bill’s supporters, though, are just hoping to find some level of limitation that the courts will accept as compatible with the Constitution, and when this law is struck down they’ll probably pass a “4-in-30” law and try again.
AB 1263 criminalizes the distribution of any “digital firearm manufacturing code” and allows for individuals who have “suffered harm in California as a result of the violation of the provisions” to sue the distributor of the file in civil court for compensatory damages and injunctive relief. Additionally, the bill requires those selling a “firearm manufacturing machine” or an unattached firearm barrel to provide “clear and conspicuous notice” of the state’s firearm industry standard of conduct. Sellers are also supposed to verify that the buyer is over the age of 18, and I’m sure it won’t be long before buyers have to undergo a formal background check before purchasing a CNC machine or a 3D printer.
AB 1127, which will ban the sale of Glock handguns in California starting on July 1, 2025, is the worst gun control legislation adopted by California Democrats this year, but these other bills aren’t far behind. They may impact fewer gun owners than AB 1127, but their intent is still the same; to criminalize and curb access to a fundamental civil right protected by the plain text of the Constitution.
Editor’s Note: The radical left will stop at nothing to enact their radical gun control agenda and strip us of our Second Amendment rights.
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