This is going WAY too far! Now California is considering CONFISCATION of all so-called "assault weapons" from law abiding citizens who have REGISTERED them (they won't be able to confiscate them from criminals or otherwise law abiding citizens who did not register their firearms, including CA police officers) and banning all semiautomatic (one trigger pull, one bullet) rifles with detachable magazines (expanding the definition, yet again, of what makes a firearm an "assault weapon") and all magazines holding more than 10 rounds.
Among other broad effects, this makes perhaps the most popular .22 caliber rifle today, the Ruger 10/22, used for target shooting and varmint hunting, illegal because it has a detachable magazine. It also severely limits the use of rifles for self defense because they want to limit them to single-shot firearms. (There would still be some multi-shot rifles with non-detachable magazine loading devices - think lever or pump action.)
It also makes many pistols useless since they typically come standard with magazines holding more than 10 rounds and smaller capacity magazines may not even exist for them. Even if they're designed and manufactured later, this means another cost to consumers of $30-45 per magazine for firearms they already own, just to keep them from becoming paper weights.
Speaking of costs... law abiding citizens would be required to replace magazines that would be made illegal just to make their already purchased firearms functional again, pay more taxes on ammunition sales, pay for annual firearms safety certification, and replace the firearms that are made illegal that they've already paid for and legally possess and use. There would undoubtedly be administrative costs born by all California taxpayers for oversight, in a state that's already a role model in the race toward bankruptcy.
And we're supposed to believe this is to combat violent crime? The criminals have proven they know how guns work, so they won't be taking an annual safety course. They haven't and won't register their firearms - they're CRIMINALS. John and Suzy California will not be safer. They'll be financially supporting criminals and criminal behavior (by the politicians who are attempting to violate citizens' 2nd Amendment rights). They'll be creating a socialist state with 3 classes - those who have (criminals), those who have less (citizens), and those who have more (have personal security and exemptions in their favor).
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_22544460?fb_comment_id=fbc_152562341566558_370935_152702321552560#f202e3faac
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57568322/calif-lawmakers-seek-toughest-gun-laws-in-nation/
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