I wasn't sure where the most appropiate place to post this was, but since this is the forum for arms discussions, here we go.
So yes, I have the curse of living in California, what I'd call, "Gun Hell". In case any of you don't know, we're the state whose Liberal senators managed to extend the assault weapon ban of 1994, ban the production and shipment of any guns or ammo with the word "Magnum" in it (Which is hilarious, because everyone knows that no one uses that term except in inaccurate movies and video games), and made the maximum magazine capacity thats legal here 10. (Now my dad used to live in New Jersey, and he said that place had tough gun laws, and the maximum capacity is 15 over there for semiautomatic pistols).
I mean come on, I was wondering if someone could come up with an arguement justifying this. Our senators, the driving force behind gun control are complete hypocrites, because they were the ones who managed to obtain concealed gun licenses before becoming senator. Pro gun control groups have claimed that law enforcement is afraid of a full out civil revolt in major Californian cities if they're armed with modern fire arms. I'd just like to point out that this has never happened in the hundreds of years of US history. Aside from the fact that they're spitting in the face of the 2nd Amendment, its the paternalistic view that our senators have towards all citizens that make me lose faith in our government.
I'm supposedly a criminal for living in California, but in reality, I enjoy video games that contain violence, I'm often exposed to violent media, and not ONCE have I habored thoughts of using a firearm (I'm only 15, hopefully the Democratic monopoly on California will have expired by the time I'm old enough to legally purchase handguns for myself) against another law abiding citizen. What I do intend to do with firearms are: Collect them, fire them for recreational purposes, use them for hunting, and if need be, for the defense of myself and any future family I may have. Is that so unreasonable? But I guess if you look at Stalin, he took away all the guns, look how great the USSR turned out to be.
So yes, I have the curse of living in California, what I'd call, "Gun Hell". In case any of you don't know, we're the state whose Liberal senators managed to extend the assault weapon ban of 1994, ban the production and shipment of any guns or ammo with the word "Magnum" in it (Which is hilarious, because everyone knows that no one uses that term except in inaccurate movies and video games), and made the maximum magazine capacity thats legal here 10. (Now my dad used to live in New Jersey, and he said that place had tough gun laws, and the maximum capacity is 15 over there for semiautomatic pistols).
I mean come on, I was wondering if someone could come up with an arguement justifying this. Our senators, the driving force behind gun control are complete hypocrites, because they were the ones who managed to obtain concealed gun licenses before becoming senator. Pro gun control groups have claimed that law enforcement is afraid of a full out civil revolt in major Californian cities if they're armed with modern fire arms. I'd just like to point out that this has never happened in the hundreds of years of US history. Aside from the fact that they're spitting in the face of the 2nd Amendment, its the paternalistic view that our senators have towards all citizens that make me lose faith in our government.
I'm supposedly a criminal for living in California, but in reality, I enjoy video games that contain violence, I'm often exposed to violent media, and not ONCE have I habored thoughts of using a firearm (I'm only 15, hopefully the Democratic monopoly on California will have expired by the time I'm old enough to legally purchase handguns for myself) against another law abiding citizen. What I do intend to do with firearms are: Collect them, fire them for recreational purposes, use them for hunting, and if need be, for the defense of myself and any future family I may have. Is that so unreasonable? But I guess if you look at Stalin, he took away all the guns, look how great the USSR turned out to be.