The next stop for SB 357, the bill to require serial numbers on all handgun cartridges -- including rimfire ammo -- is the Assembly's Public Safety Committee Tuesday, June 21. The Sporting Arms and Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI), Web site has information Californians can use in writing letters or making phone calls to their legislators requesting a vote against this bill. If passed, it will create a de facto ban on ammunition in the state by requirements to individually mark bullets that no manufacturer can cost-effectively meet, raising the price of ammo from pennies to dollars a round.