The pathetic thing is that Californians let their politicians do this, re-elect them. Worse, these laws typically exempt the politicians, government officials, and law enforcement, even after they leave work. Government is armed, criminals are armed, and the law abiding public, like sheep, are left at the mercy of both.
“and the law abiding public, like sheep, are left at the mercy of both.”
No, not really.
There are millions of “illegal” weapons in the hands of otherwise law abiding citizens in CA.
And millions of legal weapons too.
Just about any pistol in CA is legal.
As is any shotgun.
And the Mini-14 and M1A1 too.
Granted the magazines are limited, but NOBODY has surrendered the full sized mags and Nevada is but a hop and a skip away where one can buy magazines without ID.