nogun.gifThe California Senate Appropriations Committee passed the bill to outlaw open carry, Assembly Bill 1934, on to the Senate where it could be voted on this week. This bill would take away the only lawful means of citizens in those jurisdictions who deny permits to carry concealed.

It makes me sad to see my home state turning so far to the dark side of the Second Amendment. It appears the antis will never be satisfied until they take guns completely away from law abiding citizens in California. This attitude is one major driver on our exodus from the worst state in the west, California, to one of the best, Arizona.

I liked one paragraph in the NRA-ILA email to Californians:

AB1934 is a knee-jerk reaction by anti-gun legislators to punish citizens for engaging in the legal act of openly carrying an unloaded handgun. In reality, the open carrying of firearms by law-abiding citizens is forced by California’s unfair concealed carry law, which allows some citizens from some counties to receive a permit to carry, while their neighbors in the next county are denied that basic right for political, not public safety, reasons.

The morons in elected positions had the opportunity last year to change the language in the CCW law from “may issue” to “shall issue.” Naturally, it didn’t even clear committee. If you live in the Pyrite State, you can contact your State Senator.