Hollowpoint38 wrote:
Is this true? If it is, are you Californians doing anything about it?
It's true, and no, nobody is doing anything about it.
We have penal code 12031, also known as the Mulford Act, which prohibits carrying a loaded firearm within the limits of an incorporated city or any area of unincorporated territory where it is unlawful to discharge a firearm. It was signed into law by "pro-gun" Governor Ronald Reagan in 1968. The law was created to disarm minorities who were lawfully carrying loaded firearms to defend themselves against racist and violent police. To that effect, the guns worked quite well, and the police requested "legislative assistance" which was granted. We've all been disarmed for the last four decades because racist cops got a bunch of racist politicians to pass what basically amounts to a Jim Crow law. That's how we roll in California.
Nobody is specifically doing anything about PC 12031, which is unconstitutional on its face; rather they are more concerned with getting shall-issue CCW permits which does nothing to address the fundamentals of the problem. PC 12031 is the primary problem, and PC 12025 (concealed carry law) and 626.9 (gun-free school zone) are the secondary problems.
I will not be content until I can freely exercise my rights without having to first beg the government for a permission slip (there's a word for what that is; it's called a privilege).