I've got to agree that this legislation fits to a tee Sal's previous descriptions of CA's incremental increases in the burden of gun ownership, or at least handgun shooting if you have to go through a hassle to get ammo.

It seems like it's aimed at reducing the use of handguns for violence. Of course it will have a negligible effect on that at most, like most gun laws.

If I'm not mistaken, the primary firearm problem needing to be addressed is gun violence among gangbangers and drug dealers. The simple, but socially unacceptable solutions would be: 1) legalize all drugs that are part of the drug violence problem; and 2) pass a law that any certified member of a gang can be shoot on sight by any citizen as an act of social improvement. Drug violence disappears, and gang members disappear or become extremely hard to find any more. I get some of my ideas for fixing society from Dogfish.

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