There is not enough time by the time stated in the bill to classify the thousands of guns for sale in this state. There have been over 19,000 different manufacturers in the United States alone, each of whom make many models of handguns. It would take years to classify all these guns. This bill will ban many guns people have been using safely for years. SB 500 would also interfere with the transfer of weapons in estates.
Current law requires a surviving spouse to file a simple form with no cost.
Under this law the survivor would have to pay a fee and submit each gun for a formal transfer. SB 500 is another attempt to confiscate a category of weapons because an opinion poll said they could get away with it. The stories you were told about low cost guns are canards. They are not the weapon of choice for criminals, they will not injure the owner. They are purchased by poor people because that is all they can afford.