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CALIFORNIA: Assembly passes crackdown on carrying unloaded handguns in public
Sacramento Bee ^ | 5/17/11 | Jim Sanders, Sacramento Bee

Posted on 05/17/2011 10:12:10 PM PDT by SmithL

Saying you don't need a gun to order a cheeseburger, a California lawmaker Monday pushed through the Assembly a crackdown on carrying unloaded handguns in public places.

Assemblyman Anthony Portantino's legislation takes aim at a movement that encourages people to show up at public places with unloaded handguns strapped to their side.

"Our families deserve to feel safe in our parks and coffee shops," said Portantino, D-La Cañada Flintridge.

"You don't need a handgun to order a cheeseburger," he said. "You don't need a handgun to order a cup of coffee."

The "open carry" movement created shock waves in 2009 when about a dozen people carrying guns, including one with a military-style rifle, stood outside an Arizona convention center where President Barack Obama was speaking.

Sacramento was the site of a demonstration involving protesters with unloaded guns last year, and Portantino said a group of gun-wearing people rode a light-rail train into Pasadena and rallied near his office recently.

Portantino's Assembly Bill 144 would make it a misdemeanor to display an unloaded handgun in a public place or on a public street in a city or in prohibited areas of unincorporated county land.

(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: banglist; goldenstate
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1 posted on 05/17/2011 10:12:13 PM PDT by SmithL
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Way to go, California. Disarm the law-abiding citizens, when you have no freaking way of disarming the criminal element.


2 posted on 05/17/2011 10:14:58 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: SmithL

More politics. Portantino is attempting to generate interest and liberal support for his plan to run again House Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier.


3 posted on 05/17/2011 10:15:22 PM PDT by americanophile (Paul Ryan 2012)
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To: SmithL

Yet not a word for illegal cartel sponsored street gangs in his own neighborhood.

The Kooks have invaded and now are taking over all sense of order.


4 posted on 05/17/2011 10:15:59 PM PDT by wac3rd (Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers....)
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To: SmithL

I would feel safer with a citizen carrying a firearm openly, not less so. These liberal morons will never understand.


5 posted on 05/17/2011 10:16:42 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier currently deployed in the Valley of Death, Afghanistan)
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"Our families deserve to feel safe in our parks and coffee shops," said Portantino, D-La Cañada Flintridge.

A Democrat is now representing that area???? I remember not too long ago, that area was solidly conservative Republican.

Gads, I'm glad I moved to Texas when I did.

6 posted on 05/17/2011 10:17:19 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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7 posted on 05/17/2011 10:19:14 PM PDT by americanophile (Paul Ryan 2012)
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Easy solution - load them!

Remember, Huey Newton and the Black Panthers exploited an open-carry law back in the 1960’s to make their first show of force, and you know what happened after that.

If open-carry of unloaded weapons is legal, so be it. If open carry of a loaded weapon is legal, even better.

The Left hates an armed citizenry.


8 posted on 05/17/2011 10:20:00 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: SmithL

The most pressing problem in California today is the necessity of infringing on the rights of law abiding citizens. Well done.


9 posted on 05/17/2011 10:20:08 PM PDT by FredZarguna (It looks just like a Telefunken U-47. In leather.)
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To: Windflier

Unfortunately yes. LCF used to be rock-ribbed conservative Republicans, but they’ve gerrymandered the district so badly that the Dems win every time now.


10 posted on 05/17/2011 10:22:43 PM PDT by americanophile (Paul Ryan 2012)
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Unfortunately yes. LCF used to be rock-ribbed conservative Republicans, but they’ve gerrymandered the district so badly that the Dems win every time now.


11 posted on 05/17/2011 10:22:50 PM PDT by americanophile (Paul Ryan 2012)
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Just a backdoor way to outlaw gun shows and firing ranges. I tell you, my beloved state is completely out of control. We’re looking at land in TN, WY, ID. Gonna join the eastward migration asap.


12 posted on 05/17/2011 10:24:45 PM PDT by athelass (Proud Mom of a Sailor & 2 Marines! Pray for wisdom for Netanyahu & Gen. Petraeus.)
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To: SmithL

Why would anyone carry an unloaded gun? Did I miss something?


13 posted on 05/17/2011 10:31:10 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman ("...; because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee,... "Hosea 4:6)
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LCF used to be rock-ribbed conservative Republicans, but they’ve gerrymandered the district so badly that the Dems win every time now.

And so goes the downfall of one of the last bastions of real conservatism in SoCal. It breaks my heart. All of my kids were born in the Foothills, and I once thought that the area would always be our home.

14 posted on 05/17/2011 10:33:19 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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Why would anyone carry an unloaded gun? Did I miss something?

Hell, unloaded they're not even a good club. Give me a 3 foot piece of pipe, lot cheaper.
Ca. would probably pass an anti 3 ft piece of pipe law then.

15 posted on 05/17/2011 10:44:20 PM PDT by The Cajun (Palin, Bachmann, Free Republic, Mark Levin, Rush, Hannity......Nuff said.)
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To: SmithL

Hey, California geniuses, you might want to defend yourself against getting robbed on the way to get the “cheeseburger,” and on the way home for that matter.


16 posted on 05/17/2011 10:44:55 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
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To: Windflier

Agreed, it’s very sad. It’s still represented by a Republican in Congress, but the state Senate and Assembly seats have been in the hands of the Dems for years now. The area is still pretty conservative, but less so than the old days. The representation is purely the result of where the corrupt legislature has drawn the lines - it ensures liberal victories.


17 posted on 05/17/2011 10:45:36 PM PDT by americanophile (Paul Ryan 2012)
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Hell, unloaded they're not even a good club. Give me a 3 foot piece of pipe

Then you would have a gun and a pipe.

18 posted on 05/17/2011 10:45:54 PM PDT by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
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To: SmithL
Given what is coming there, I would disarm everyone.

Get rid of the steel silverware too.

It will be a hoot to watch them stab each other with ecofriendly sporks.

19 posted on 05/17/2011 10:48:11 PM PDT by mmercier
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"Our families deserve to feel safe in our parks and coffee shops," said Portantino, D-La Cañada Flintridge.

That's what it's always about.

Never mind actually being safe.

20 posted on 05/17/2011 10:49:24 PM PDT by Jeff Winston
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