This Evening with Dan Rather had an article about guns in small towns and how they have no crime even though guns are a large part of the culture. Dan Rather stated that they wanted to be fair and show both sides of the issue. They even put a statistic up that "each year more than %99 of all guns are NOT used in crimes". Then the article was about Ranchers, some of whom have huge gun collections, and how they would be punished by gun laws. They interviewed Ranchers who stated that Columbine was unfortunate, but they they new it would result in gun laws. They of course said that "their guns were not the problem, criminals were and lack of morals etc" and exclaimed how they as honest gun owners would be punished for unrelated incidents (and very few of them).
The only thing I would have liked to see would have been a rancher using an accurized Colt "assault rifle" for his varmint gun. That is the gun I would use, and it would have shown how "assault rifles" are nothing more than evil looking hunting rifles. Oh well, we can't have it all.
Here in San Diego the local news followed with coverage of the new "assault weapons" ban which is guaranteed to be signed in soon by our governor along with the "one gun a month" bill.
They interviewed a gun store salesman who mocked the "assault weapons" bill, showing the camera an extendable stock on a Colt rifle and stated "is banning this stock, and forcing people to use a fixed stock going to save lives? Is it going to make this rifle safer or less deadly? I don't think so."
The new California bill would include the ban of sales of hi-cap mags, period. Can't buy them, can't sell them, punishable by felony, but for now we can keep them. "Oh thank you, mr. government, for kindly allowing me to keep my mags for now".
Then the news article followed with a phone poll that was done by a local survey company. The survey asked "should gun control laws be more strict". %66 said "YES!". %22 said the laws should stay the same, and the meager rest said that they should not get any worse.
Then, among gun owners specifically polled, %49 said that there should be more strict gun control laws!
Who ever said that California doesn't suck? The people here, as I have said before, are beyond hope. San Diego is probably the most conservative city in this Republic and they are obviously anti-gun. It is a losing battle here, and I do not see the future of California as being anything other than totally gun free.
The only thing I would have liked to see would have been a rancher using an accurized Colt "assault rifle" for his varmint gun. That is the gun I would use, and it would have shown how "assault rifles" are nothing more than evil looking hunting rifles. Oh well, we can't have it all.
Here in San Diego the local news followed with coverage of the new "assault weapons" ban which is guaranteed to be signed in soon by our governor along with the "one gun a month" bill.
They interviewed a gun store salesman who mocked the "assault weapons" bill, showing the camera an extendable stock on a Colt rifle and stated "is banning this stock, and forcing people to use a fixed stock going to save lives? Is it going to make this rifle safer or less deadly? I don't think so."
The new California bill would include the ban of sales of hi-cap mags, period. Can't buy them, can't sell them, punishable by felony, but for now we can keep them. "Oh thank you, mr. government, for kindly allowing me to keep my mags for now".
Then the news article followed with a phone poll that was done by a local survey company. The survey asked "should gun control laws be more strict". %66 said "YES!". %22 said the laws should stay the same, and the meager rest said that they should not get any worse.
Then, among gun owners specifically polled, %49 said that there should be more strict gun control laws!
Who ever said that California doesn't suck? The people here, as I have said before, are beyond hope. San Diego is probably the most conservative city in this Republic and they are obviously anti-gun. It is a losing battle here, and I do not see the future of California as being anything other than totally gun free.