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Originally Posted by Broadsword2004
SB374, which redefines as "assault weapons" all semiautomatic centerfire rifles with detachable box magazines and thus outlaws any further purchases of them, just passed the committee, along with a number of other gun control measures, in California. Here is a website to send a letter to Jerry Brown: LINK
This is important, IMO, because California has a history of "pioneering" new gun control laws. Thus far, no state has tried to go so far as redefining "assault weapon" to constitute any semiautomatic rifle with a detachable magazine period. If this passes and the courts fail to shoot it down, then other courts around the country might see Cali's legislation as "reasonable gun control" and other states that lean Left will be very tempted to try something like this at some point IMO.
And just also California is a big state, we don't want a complete crackdown on gun rights there. If this was in Rhode Island or something, I wouldn't care as much. But as goes Cali on guns, so may go many other states and/or localities. And whatever you write to Governor Brown, be polite and professional. |
Please reread what you wrote here and edit appropriately.
If I wrote something like "I wish California would just sink into the ocean and take their silly gun laws with them!", I think you might get offended. Ya think?
I would bet that people in RI that believe in the 2A probably care A LOT about ther rights too!
And each state that goes left of Cali affects us ALL!
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"The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles." — Jeff Cooper
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