CALIFORNIANS LOAD UP ON RIFLES, SHOTGUNS TO BEAT START OF GUN REGISTRY

Rifle and shotgun sales are up "30 to 50 percent" in California during the last week of 2013 as residents race to beat a new long gun registry that goes into effect in the new year.

The registry will require all long gun purchasers post-January 1 to register the make, model, and serial number of their rifle or shotgun just as they currently do with handguns.

According to CBS Sacramento, in 2014 the information gathered during expanded background checks will be kept instead of destroyed, as current law requires. This information will then be used to form a list of every gun owner in California.
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