Calguns Foundation Blog

Earlier today, Calguns Foundation filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Calfornia's 10 day "waiting period" (which is really just a dressed-up 10-day ban on law-abiding gun owners' ability to exercise their fundamental right to keep and bear arms). This is a significant piece of litigation that we're very optimistic about; I think it's safe to say that gun buyers and transferees have been making two trips for one gun far, far too long. (I wonder how big the 10-day ban's carbon footprint is...) 

Recently I got into a discussion with someone who had moved away from California. He asserted that all the litigation didn't matter and that we as civil rights supporters were not winning and, as usual, we Californians should just leave. I asked him an important question and it should be telling that he didn't answer that question publicly. I asked him how populous his supposed free state was. He privately replied that his new state's population was 3,800,000 (Oregon) and continued to accuse California gun rights supporters of being Baghdad Bob for saying that we're winning. There is no more serious case of Battered Gun Owner Syndrome or lack of understanding of what is actually going on in the US. Because I think this attitude may be a bit too common, I'm compelled to comment on it.