MORE FROM THE FORMERLY GREAT STATE OF CALIFORNIA

by Bob Walsh

The end of this month is the deadline for the governor to sign or not sign or veto legislation which landed on his desk. That leads at times to an interesting frenzy of something conflicting results.

Moonbeam AGAIN vetoed a bill that would have expanded the number of people who can go to a judge and say "I THINK THIS GUY IS CRAZY, TAKE HIS GUNS AWAY" and the judge must do so, pending a hearing. You lose the guns first, then you get the hearing. The proposed new list would have included practically anybody you were ever in the same room with, including pissed-off exes, the janitor at your work place and your dog groomer.

He approved a bill that outlaws "bump stocks." Now personally I don't give a rat's ass about bump stocks, but I am concerned about the slippery slope. California already outlaws scary looking guns, and guns of specific types that have never ever been used in a crime in California (.50 caliber rifles). Moonbeam also approved a standardization bill for CCW training. Right now there is no standardization and you can get a CCW in some counties with zero evidence that you are competent with the weapon and zero evidence that you have even minimal familiarity with the law on self-defense in the state. Now you need at least eight hours of training and some minimal practical qualification. The Second Amendment doesn't say jack about that, but I can live with it.

Brown also vetoed a bill by Bell Gardens psyco-Democrap Ricardo Lara that would have prohibited the civil arrest of a person inside a courthouse who had other legal business before the court. The bill was a bald-faced (and legally unworkable) attempt to prevent ICE from arresting illegal aliens in court houses. State legislation can NOT restrict federal law enforcement and if Lara had the IQ of a fresh dog turd he would know that. Or possibly he knows and is just grandstanding so he doesn't give a shit.