Assembly bill would ban the open carry of rifles

[Henry's Fork]

A year after the Legislature approved a ban on the public display of handguns, the Assembly on Thursday passed a similar prohibition for rifles.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...n143345D88.DTL

[shermbodius]

California, not shocked.

The Second Amendment states: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

So much for that. One of the reason I left.

[Henry's Fork]

You quitter you.

[C.Puffs]

Gene Hackman's Lex Luthor had the right idea.

[sgt_G]

15 years till I retire.........FVCK!!!!

[dunemetal]

Nothing more pressing out in Cali?

love the av of di-fi, did she know what she was holding there?

[suhsjake]

Thank Jeebus I left that state.

[G-AWZT]

Man the Dems/Left certainly destroyed the state with their weird crap. It seemed to be a nice place up until the late 1980s.

[Ayrudzi]

Why do Angelinos have to pay for San Frans stupidity.....another new law that is coming is that all rifles/shotguns purchased will be kept on record forever like a handgun, when normally it would drop of the records in 90 days.

California still rocks though.

[HK in AK]

The bill has support from gun control groups and law enforcement. The Peace Officers Research Association of California said in a letter of support that open-carry demonstrations place police in potentially dangerous situations.

Portantino said it was only a matter of time before a confrontation between law enforcement and Second Amendment advocates escalates into violence.

I hate the way some police have an us-versus-them mentality.

[Rapier55]

Why do Angelinos have to pay for San Frans stupidity.....another new law that is coming is that all rifles/shotguns purchased will be kept on record forever like a handgun, when normally it would drop of the records in 90 days.

California still rocks though.

Portantino actually represents a Southern Cal city. He also authored AB 144.