Why is California so strict?

[mulletmaster]

I believe part of it was to try and stop gang violence by targeting the weapons of choice for that part of society, clearly that failed.

[cbhvac]

Originally Posted by Tercel89

I think you're right . What caused the Federal AWB ?

From Wiki:

The Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB) was a subtitle of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a federal law of the United States that included a prohibition on the sale to civilians of certain semi-automatic "assault weapons" manufactured after the date of the ban's enactment. The ten-year ban was passed by Congress on September 13, 1994 and was signed into law by President Bill Clinton the same day. The ban expired on September 13, 2004, as part of the law's sunset provision.

The Federal Assault Weapons Ban was only a small part (title XI, subtitle A) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act.
The act created a definition of "assault weapons" and subjected firearms that met that definition to regulation. Nineteen models of firearms were defined by name as being "assault weapons". Various semi-automatic rifles, pistols, and shotguns were classified as "assault weapons" due to having various combinations of features.
The act addressed only semi-automatic firearms, that is, firearms that fire one shot each time the trigger is pulled. Neither the AWB nor its expiration changed the legal status of fully automatic firearms, which fire more than one round with a single trigger-pull; these had long been regulated by the National Firearms Act of 1934.
The act separately defined and banned "large capacity ammunition feeding devices", which generally applied to magazines or other ammunition feeding devices with capacities of greater than an arbitrary number of rounds and which up to the time of the act had been considered normal or factory magazines. These ammunition feeding devices were also referred to in the media and popular culture as "high capacity magazines or feeding devices." Depending on the locality, the cutoff between a "normal" capacity and "high" capacity magazine was 3, 7, 10, 15, or 20 rounds. The now defunct federal ban set the limit at 10 rounds.
During the period in which the AWB was in effect, it was illegal to manufacture any firearm that met the law's definition of an "assault weapon" or "large capacity ammunition feeding device", except for export or for sale to a government or law enforcement agency. Possession of illegally imported or manufactured firearms was outlawed as well, but the law did not ban the possession or sale of pre-existing "assault weapons" or previously factory standard magazines which had been legally redefined as "large capacity ammunition feeding devices". This provision for "pre-ban" weapons created a higher price point in the market for such items, which lasted until the ban's sunset.

Federal Assault Weapons Ban - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Its a good read.

if you look around on Front Site.com, I am pretty sure that they have some awful good quotes from the SAME people that supported the ban, and are working to ban ALL firearm ownership in CA...that say basically, its ok for ME to have one....not YOU.

So glad I left CA I cant begin to tell you.

[nickb]

Originally Posted by Tercel89

Why is California so strict on guns? For example , I hear that people can not have a Yugoslovian SKS if it has the grenade launcher attached. But all other states can . Also , I just got a new XD-9 and it has a big sticker on the box stating "High capcity weapon:not legal for sale in California" .
So why is this?

Because way to many people are trying to live in the same place. When that happens, they all become butinskis. Look at most large cities. Do they have more laws than small ones?

[Captain Jack]

Originally Posted by Tercel89

Why is California so strict on guns? For example , I hear that people can not have a Yugoslovian SKS if it has the grenade launcher attached. But all other states can . Also , I just got a new XD-9 and it has a big sticker on the box stating "High capcity weapon:not legal for sale in California" .
So why is this?

Because the morons in office are, well, morons... They think limiting a mag to 10 rounds means it will reduce crime. Oh, and don't get me started on CA's drop test. I could not find a stainless slide XD because it hadn't been drop tested yet, but XD's with black slides were drop-tested and deemed good. The XD stainless slides are the same dang gun! Morons...

[Jameson]

Living in California and owning weapons is a difficult. The regulations I had to go through, the stupid laws, the hard to get CCW..does this make it any safer? No. There's still plenty of crime and the bad guys are the only ones armed. Good one politicians!

[XD40DucheKiller]

cause california sux balls

[robinsre]

I think largely it stems from the fact that California was one of the epicenters of the "peace" movement during the 1960s. Many people who grew there up during that era have now become legislators and have this twisted vision that all violence, regardless of the intent, is evil and that tools of self-defense are unnecessary and wrong.

This, coupled with California's high rate of poverty and violent crime has drummed up a large amount of support for inefficient anti-gun legislation there.

[Terry]

What do you think it will be like if BILLARY gets into office ?

[trik396]

Originally Posted by Terry

What do you think it will be like if BILLARY gets into office ?

Probably just as bad as if Osama gets in....

[bigun]

Originally Posted by Tercel89

I think you're right . What caused the Federal AWB ?

Because weapons with flash hiders, bayonette mounts, and pistol grips are bad and dont forget those evil 30 round mags.