Sunnyvale, CA

[Subdeacon Joe]

http://www.calgunsfoundation.org/2013/12/hypocrisy-sunnyvales-measure-c-cgf-focuses-sunshine-city-firearms-policies/

 

ROSEVILLE, CA — In response to the City of Sunnyvale’s recently-passed (and now infamous) Measure C –
sweeping new and unconstitutional gun control laws that directly
[negatively] affect law-abiding people — The Calguns Foundation (CGF)
sought out public records to better understand the City’s own policies
and practices as they relate to firearm/magazine acquisition and
possession for its employees and contractors.

Measure C passed on November 5, 2013, in a low-turnout election
and took effect Dec. 6, giving gun owners until March 6 to comply with
the new regulations, including an outright ban on the possession of
“large-capacity” magazines holding more than 10 rounds — even those
‘grandfathered’ under state law. A number of firearms organizations have
subsequently announced legal actions against the City to block the law
from being enforced and, in at least one case, have it judicially
declared as unconstitutional.

On October 29, 2013, CGF executive director Brandon Combs sent this request for information under the California Public Records Act. Our request consisted of the following 6 classifications of public records:

1. Public notices, bid documents (including specifications),
contracts, purchase orders, payments, and other such records reflecting
expenditures by the City for the acquisition of firearms, including
makes, models, and quantities;

2. Public notices, bid documents (including specifications),
contracts, purchase orders, payments, and other such records reflecting
expenditures by the City for the acquisition of firearm accessories and
firearm parts, including makes, models, and quantities;

3. Public notices, bid documents (including specifications),
contracts, purchase orders, payments, and other such records reflecting
expenditures by the City for firearm repair and/or modification,
including records going to the type of repair(s)/modification(s) and
its/their cause(s);

4. Policies, manuals, guides, and other such governing documents
addressing the City’s requirements/standards/rules for firearms,
firearms accessories, and firearms parts used for City business,
including but not limited to law enforcement, whether owned by the City
or not;

5. Policies, manuals, guides, and other such governing documents
addressing the City’s rules for personal acquisition of firearms,
firearm accessories, and/or firearm parts by its employees and
contractors; and

6. City authorizations or records addressing personal acquisition of
firearms, firearm accessories, and/or firearm parts by City employees or
contractors.

 

On November 20, 2013, the City replied to our request and sent these responsive documents,
some 97 pages of policies and purchase orders. In its own records, the
Sunnyvale acknowledged several key arguments relating to effective
self-defense and implicitly concedes that we are correct about common
semi-automatic firearms and their necessary components, like magazines.
For example:

• Unloaded firearms are useless and not tactically-appropriate for self-defense;
• Modern semi-automatic firearms provide significant upside to those who are forced to use them for self-defense; and
• Magazines having a capacity greater than ten (10) rounds —
  “large-capacity” in government elitist-speak — offer such material
  benefit that they are specified for City employees and provided to them
  at taxpayer expense.

The City records we acquired as part of our audit will continue to be scrutinized by us, by you, and, hopefully, the news media.