Memory Hole's blog

SACRAMENTO, California - October 21, 2009 - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today signed into law a bill that requires buyers of handgun ammunition to leave thumbprints and detailed personal information with registered ammo sellers, as well as put restrictions on online bullet sales. “Assembly Bill 962 reasonably regulates access to ammunition and improves public safety without placing undue burdens on consumers,” Schwarzenegger said in a letter explaining his decision.

While on one of my weekly drives into town, I pass the Highway Patrol
Officer with his radar gun pointed at me.... I pull up to a traffic signal with
the colorful "PHOTO ENFORCED" signs and no less than 10 cameras and
flash bulbs aimed at me....I pass through CR scanners at a Border Patrol 85
miles inside America’s border that record my vehicle plate number …. I buy a
six-pack of Sam Adams beer to take home with me and the clerk that speaks no
English points to a sign that says I must swipe my Driver's License into a
reader to "confirm my age" (I'm 51 years old, I took my business