Starting today, anyone buying ammunition in California must undergo a point-of-sale background check at the time of purchase. The new law is part of Proposition 63, which voters passed in 2016.
How will background checks work?
From now on, licensed vendors must run a buyer's information through two California Department of Justice databases. The first checks to see if the buyer is a registered gun owner in the state. The second makes sure they're not on a list of people prohibited from buying firearms in California. Buyers must pay $1 to run the checks every time they purchase ammo. If they're cleared they can make their purchase right away.
Those with unregistered weapons can pay $19 for a one-time background check that can take days to complete and is good for a single purchase within 30 days. The California Department of Justice expects to process about 13 million ammunition sales a year.
Does Proposition 63 further regulate ammunition?