grumpycoconut
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I've always enjoyed reading of all of the evils of California on this and other gun sites. To hear most posters say it one would think that California is a police/nanny state intent on bubble wrapping it's subjects so as to keep them from getting booboos. Now I'll grant you that some of our politicians are pinko commie hoplophobes, and that our property prices are beyond rational comprehension and that some of our gun laws are just plain silly but on the whole we've got it pretty good. I can still buy most any gun I want. I might have to wait a bit and my AR might have to have a funny looking pistol grip but I can still buy it. I canlegally openly carry a piece without getting permission even if I do have to carry it unloaded. If I want to be a skulker and carry concealed, all I have to do is move to a different county where the benevolent overlords are less uptight and get a permit. Even our silly and overly restrictive gun laws are likely to be loosened up in the near future. On the whole I have greater freedom here than in most other states.
I laugh when I hear of some states that consider 80mph reckless driving and an arrestable offense. 80mph is just 2 or 3 mph faster than a good commuting speed through down town Los Angeles when the traffic density permits. Even 100mph is an arrestable offense only if the cop doesn't have anything better to do. -The "right to work" in Cali includes the right to band together with my coworkers and bargain collectively and to have significant legalprotections rather than depending on my employers generosity. -Lane splitting and filtering on a motorcycle is not only legal but considered good motoring manners here. In some states it's a crime and likely to get me run into a ditch by some grumpy redneck. -The thought that it's illegal in some states to bugger my wife in the privacy of my own bedroom tickles me pink. Komifornia lets me put in or take out just about anything or anyone from my body as long at the other party doesn't mind too much. -I can even smoke a bit of weed if I want without it being more than an infraction (fine only, no jail time). I once jacked up a50 year old Texan for smoking weed in his car in a park.I couldn't understand why he was crying and acting like he was going to prison over such a minor thing until he toldme that the1/2 roach he had left over in his ashtray was enough to get him a Texas prison term. I felt so bad for him that I almost hugged him before I stomped his roach into the gutter and sent him away without so much as a ticket. -On top of all that I've never once had to shovel snow. -Most importantly of all, unlike 99.9% of the population, I can surf in the morning and ride my horse through townin the afternoon.
All things considered, I think I'll stay here on the left coast.
I've always enjoyed reading of all of the evils of California on this and other gun sites. To hear most posters say it one would think that California is a police/nanny state intent on bubble wrapping it's subjects so as to keep them from getting booboos. Now I'll grant you that some of our politicians are pinko commie hoplophobes, and that our property prices are beyond rational comprehension and that some of our gun laws are just plain silly but on the whole we've got it pretty good. I can still buy most any gun I want. I might have to wait a bit and my AR might have to have a funny looking pistol grip but I can still buy it. I canlegally openly carry a piece without getting permission even if I do have to carry it unloaded. If I want to be a skulker and carry concealed, all I have to do is move to a different county where the benevolent overlords are less uptight and get a permit. Even our silly and overly restrictive gun laws are likely to be loosened up in the near future. On the whole I have greater freedom here than in most other states.
I laugh when I hear of some states that consider 80mph reckless driving and an arrestable offense. 80mph is just 2 or 3 mph faster than a good commuting speed through down town Los Angeles when the traffic density permits. Even 100mph is an arrestable offense only if the cop doesn't have anything better to do. -The "right to work" in Cali includes the right to band together with my coworkers and bargain collectively and to have significant legalprotections rather than depending on my employers generosity. -Lane splitting and filtering on a motorcycle is not only legal but considered good motoring manners here. In some states it's a crime and likely to get me run into a ditch by some grumpy redneck. -The thought that it's illegal in some states to bugger my wife in the privacy of my own bedroom tickles me pink. Komifornia lets me put in or take out just about anything or anyone from my body as long at the other party doesn't mind too much. -I can even smoke a bit of weed if I want without it being more than an infraction (fine only, no jail time). I once jacked up a50 year old Texan for smoking weed in his car in a park.I couldn't understand why he was crying and acting like he was going to prison over such a minor thing until he toldme that the1/2 roach he had left over in his ashtray was enough to get him a Texas prison term. I felt so bad for him that I almost hugged him before I stomped his roach into the gutter and sent him away without so much as a ticket. -On top of all that I've never once had to shovel snow. -Most importantly of all, unlike 99.9% of the population, I can surf in the morning and ride my horse through townin the afternoon.
All things considered, I think I'll stay here on the left coast.
