I lived in the Oceanside (Camp Pendleton) part of California during the Golden Years of
1968-1988, when it could still be spelled with a "C".
I bailed in '88 when the trend became apparent to me, no matter how I voted, (always Third Party). It wasn't just gun control, it seemed your freedom was being squeezed from all points of the compass.
I went back on a visit a few years ago, and it truly was a "You can't go home again" experience. Bummer, but I still have great memories.
As mentioned above, Kalifornia is the trend-setter, which is why I have turned rabid
regarding gun control. All of us are going the same way, and I'm trying my damndest (as we all are) to first, stop the drift, and then reverse it.
Dennis' quote, "Proof? All of us are less free than we ever have been in America." is a tool I have been using lately in my Letters to the Editor. I just had a 350-worder published locally. I asked if you felt freer 20 years than today or 10 years ago, etc. If you answered "No", then you should be against more gun control.
I pointed out to the fence sitters that laws that only affects the other guy "so why should I care?" have a nasty way of affecting everybody.
i.e. mandatory Trigger Locks means at some point the police will be empowered to enter your house and make sure you are in complaince, as they do now in Australia. Connecticut's "Turn in Your Neighbor" law
opens up any non-gun owner to a raid sponsored by a vindictive ex-, neighbor, co-worker, etc. ("He's got a gun with no trigger lock", for instance.)
That particular quote may be effective in at least causing the fence sitters to pause and wonder.
I have used Kali as an example of what the "it can't happen here" syndrome leads to.
I wish you folks in Kali all the best. We have a steep hill to climb, but you all are facing Mt. Everest.
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The New World Order has a Third Reich odor.