Woah... Been drinking the same kool-aid as the LA Times huh?? "Don't exercise right X or they'll BAN it."
While it may be true that they'll ban it, the threats of tyranny shouldn't dissuade the exercise of freedom.
Hey hgreen,
+1
Beware the Kool-aid drinker.
Off topic: How is Virginia?
Nice to hear from you.
markm
Do you really want to see what kind of Kool-Aid I have been drinking?
Let's examine just how Quixotic it is to tilt at the anti-gun ******** we have to deal with in California.
In the State Senate there are 25 Democrats (62.5%) and 15 Republicans.
In the State Assembly there are 52 Democrats (65%) and 28 Republicans.
The Democrats have a 2/3rds advantage in
every single bill that they consider in both houses.
The Democrats also hold the Governor's office.
When these proud legislators promote their bill and claim they 'have broad bi-partisan support' what they are really saying is that all the Democrats and 4 'moderate' Republicans have endorsed their legislation. Almost none of the Republican bills survive the committee process. These legislators and our governor also are influenced by police unions that have their hands so far up the lawmakers posteriors that Charlie McCarthy looks less like a ventriloquist's dummy than Anthony Portantino or Tom Ammiano do.
What this means in a nutshell is that the two houses and the governor
can pass any legislation they want and there isnt a damn thing that the conservatives can do about it besides stall the inevitable- as they valiantly did in 2010 with AB 1934. The only hope that we had this year is the few pro-rights Democrats defecting to vote against AB 144 and the false hope that Jerry Brown believed in our right to keep and carry arms.
So, right now, what we as California 2A proponents can control is what level of destruction we are willing to accept; bullet buttoned OLL's or the extention of the ban on unloaded handguns to include long guns as well... or perhaps the extention of the school zone to 2,000 feet as they will argue long guns are a public safety threat with their added lethal range. This will be the case until we have some judicial relief imposed upon them.
I am not telling you to leave everything at home- I am telling you to carefully choose what you select to make your political point. Right now, an AR or AK variant is not what you want to send your message with- because using those will burn any bridges with those who have spent their fortunes and efforts to ensure we may have a class of weapon that is on par with military equipment, if there is another legislative response to our activities.
To blindly believe that such a legislative response is not likely or possible IS the definition of Kool-Aid, especially after the results have been demonstrated right in front of you.