The only ones not smart enough to figure it out are the politicians.
Seriously, they are smart enough. This really has nothing to do with crime or criminals. It has to do with gun control and is a back door means to drive gun manufacturers and those who sell, collect and shoot firearms out of California.
It has to do with people control. By making the populace totally dependent on the state for their protection, for their health care needs, for their jobs, for their education and all other aspects of life, they can be in charge and be the little kings and queens they really want to be.
Money is power. What they really want is for every dollar in California to flow through them, so they can redistribute it as they see fit. They can reward their friends and punish their enemies. They will use some of this money to appoint judges who think the same way they do, and will continue to twist, ignore and pervert the Constitution.
They will use our own money to defeat the one remaining real power that the citizens of this state has. That is the proposition process. They will lie and use advertising to defeat anything they don't like. If that doesn't work, they will get one of their pet judges to over rule it.
The battle is so much more than it seems. Every time a gun owner runs away
to another state, to "freedom" or the "real United States" they win one more piece of the war.
Don't think your politicians are any different than ours.
California. Coming to a neighborhood near you, soon.