Open Carry in California
The 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.
The COO of Kimber Manufacturing, Inc. writes the editor of the Yonkers Tribune, Nice letter. COO Karanian blows the hell out of “common sense” while pinning the tail on the jackasses who promote this shit.
An individual by the name of Yehuda Akerman, brought a truckload of firearms in an RV to sell at a Southern California flea market; he sold 47 of them to ATF undercover agents. When they arrested him last week, they found 44 more firearms in his RV. The arrest came after a year long investigation by the agency.
There has been much interest in the Second Amendment positions of the candidates seeking the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate to challenge anti-gun incumbent Senator Barbara Boxer. Two candidates – Carly Fiorina and Chuck DeVore – strongly support our Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Unlike Barbara Boxer, Carly Fiorina is a gun owner, proud NRA Member, and strong Second Amendment supporter. She would give California’s millions of gun owners a strong voice in the U.S. Senate. Chuck DeVore is also a proud supporter of gun rights and had a solid pro-gun voting record in the California State Assembly.
In contrast, the other candidate – Tom Campbell – has cast many anti-gun votes during his political career. In 1993, when then-President Bill Clinton launched an all-out assault on the Second Amendment, then-Congressman Tom Campbell supported a ban on the purchase, sale and transfer of commonly-owned semi-automatic rifles (mislabeled “assault weapons”). He also voted to impose a national waiting period for handgun purchases and against establishing an instant check system as an alternative. Even worse, Campbell voted to regulate gun shows out of existence. And if that’s not bad enough, he voted against allowing off-duty and retired police officers to carry concealed firearms!
Gov. Jan Brewer has signed into law two bills supported by gun rights activists. One of the bills signed Monday would broaden the state’s current restrictions on local governments’ ability to regulate or tax guns and ammunition. One specific provision bars local governments from prohibiting a person with a concealed weapons permit from possessing a gun in a park.
On April 6, 2010, the Emeryville City Council will be hearing on second reading an ordinance that will require firearm vendors to obtain a permit from the Chief of Police that includes unlawful provisions, such as prohibiting those between the ages of 18 and 21 from entering a gun store where handguns are sold, and requiring a biannual inventory of all firearms possessed by the vendor.
A couple of weeks ago we were at Field Time, a gun shop in Westminster, CA; we went to see the
