[jazminerose]

One of the many reasons we fled SoCal in 2015.

It was so amazing to go to the gun store and walk out with our purchases—instant background checks. No waiting period.

I always worried about women in California who were the victims of domestic violence or stalkers and needed protection *now*. No. Sorry. You have to wait ten days, lady.

When I got my first gun (.45 Megastar), I was scared silly of my convicted felon neighbors. Since I was still alive after ten days, I got the gun, and the ne t day signed up for the NRA Women’s Personal Protection course. I highly recommend it.

The neighbors did end up going back to prison. I even got to testify. Schadenfreude.

[Myrddin]

I relocated from San Diego to Idaho in Dec 2000. Best choice ever. Normal gun laws instead of endless new bans and restrictions in CA. My wife and I spent last Saturday in a 9 hour defensive handgun class. 300 rounds. Practice safely drawing. Multiple distances, double taps, move and shoot, malfunction clearing, magazine swaps. Excellent instruction. Exposed poor choices in equipment that can be remedied in a training setting instead of being caught flat footed in a real self defense encounter.

[Mariner]

That’s a mighty big, heavy pistol for a girl...

http://www.star-firearms.com/firearms/guns/megastar/index.shtml