I'm a regular over on AR15.com and have been reading here for a couple months and started posting recently. I thought that the people at AR15 were vocal, but the way some of you here bash California and tell us we should leave there are so full of it. Some of you here are ready to rant and rave and put down Ca for their admittedly dumb gun laws, but I have rarely seen anyone here ask where or to whom they can write to voice their opinion. Over on AR most every one is involved no matter what state we are from. For those of you who are either uninformed or ignorant, Ca is where the money is in this country. Wall Street may be where the stocks are traded but LA is THE financial center of this country. Silicon Valley is the technological center (with all due respect to Austin, Armonk and Redmond). We grow more produce than any other state. We grow more cotton than any other state (a fact). We are the second largest producer of rice in the WORLD after china. If Ca was a country, it would be in the top 5 econimies in the world. We have wonderful mountains, lakes and beaches. A diverse cultural mix (wasn't that what made our country great?). Ca is the most populous state in the country. More guns are sold here than any where else in the U.S. We have tens of thousands of gun owners. Most of our counties are gun friendly. I have at least ten ranges I can shoot at within 90 minutes of my home. Or, I can walk 10 minutes and go shooting in the National Forest.
I will be the first to admit that Ca does some dumb things and enacts some strange laws. But keep this in mind when you tell us gun owners to get out before it's too late. A HUGE amount of federal legislation over the years has either been modeled on or a direct copy of Ca law. It's more likely that so goes Ca, so will go the country. Believe it or not, the majority of registered voters in this state are conservatives. Unfortunately too many do not vote or get involved. So rather than whining about our state and our laws and berating us, maybe you would do better to bring your voices to Ca to help stop all this gun regulation bullsh*t before it becomes too popular and sweeps the rest of the country.
Ok, I'm done. Just had to get that out. That's my opinion and the 1st Amendment says I have the right to voice it. (for now).
Pthfndr
[This message has been edited by Pthfndr (edited July 03, 1999).]
I will be the first to admit that Ca does some dumb things and enacts some strange laws. But keep this in mind when you tell us gun owners to get out before it's too late. A HUGE amount of federal legislation over the years has either been modeled on or a direct copy of Ca law. It's more likely that so goes Ca, so will go the country. Believe it or not, the majority of registered voters in this state are conservatives. Unfortunately too many do not vote or get involved. So rather than whining about our state and our laws and berating us, maybe you would do better to bring your voices to Ca to help stop all this gun regulation bullsh*t before it becomes too popular and sweeps the rest of the country.
Ok, I'm done. Just had to get that out. That's my opinion and the 1st Amendment says I have the right to voice it. (for now).
Pthfndr
[This message has been edited by Pthfndr (edited July 03, 1999).]