I’ve said before that:

And, by the way, California is one generation away from making all such weapons illegal:

Pursuant to California Penal Code section 12285(b), any person who obtains title to a registered assault weapon by bequest or intestate succession shall, within 90 days, render the weapon permanently inoperable, sell the weapon to a licensed gun dealer who has a permit from the Department of Justice to purchase assault weapons, obtain a permit from the Department of Justice to possess assault weapons, or remove the weapon from this state.

When someone with such a weapon dies, their heirs must destroy the weapon or sell it.

There is a willful effort in the state to disarm the law-abiding. Tam notes the recent efforts at microstamping serve to further that end:

With the passage of the “Microstamping” bill by the California state senate, gun ownership in California moves a microstep closer to death by a thousand cuts. The situation in the Granola State is a fascinating illustration on how civilian disarmament in this country could finally be effected.

Indeed. The good news:

California, seen as a progressive state by the victim disarmament crowd, is their test lab; the thin end of the wedge of laws they’d like to try elsewhere. Thus far it’s not working, not spreading to other states the way they’d like it to, but that doesn’t mean that gun owners elsewhere in America can stop watching that train wreck on the left coast; it contains lessons needed to stop our rights here from being derailed.

Sort of. This type stuff is big in New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Illinois (well, OK, Chicago). Interesting times to be a gun owner.

Posted in uncategorized on September 1st, 2006 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |