Ruark wrote:I've been reading about California's new gun laws just signed by Jerry Brown, and some of the discussions on calguns.net. It's hard to swallow what's happening to the shooting community out there. The new laws are suffocating.
Assault weapons are banned, "assault weapon" defined as any rifle or semiautomatic pistol possessing one of: detachable magazine, folding/telescoping buttstock, flash suppressor, or a pistol grip (forward and/or rear). If you already own one, it has to be registered with the government by December 21 (I know, 2 days ago) or the mere possession of it is a felony offense.
The mere possession of a magazine capable of holding over 10 rounds is a felony offense. If you have any, you must turn them in or destroy them.
No ammunition through the mail. Ammo only sold be licensed dealers. You must have an ID and background check to buy ANY ammo, AND be added to a state ammunition owner database.
It's a foregone conclusion that the next California governor will be ultra-ultra-liberal Gavin Newson, who will happily sign any restrictive gun law that crosses his desk.
This is not to just whine about California's restrictive gun laws - that has been done - but to just remind everybody how lucky we are to live in Texas. Keep in mind that Hillary Clinton still got almost half the votes in Texas, and that right this very moment, as you read this, people are working full time to bring these kinds of restrictions to Texas.
If the results of highly restrictive similar laws in Connecticut and New York are any indication, California may have just created themselves a much bigger problem than they had before. If California sees similar rates of compliance as those two states, what will they do with all those good, productive, tax paying citizens they just turned into felons? I haven't seen any articles on folks lined up to register their guns, so I expect there are substantial numbers of them. How will those noncompliant folks (and law enforcement) react to whatever the state decides to do?
In CT and NY it is effectively a stalemate with open defiance of the law by about 90% of the owners and almost no enforcement action being taken. What happens in CA remains to be seen.
There is another wild card in what would happen if a legal challenge is brought to SCOTUS after one or more Trump appointments to the court.
Keep stocked up on popcorn. This may be quite a show.