California gov't seizes 500 legal ARs

[Creeping Incrementalism]

Update: The 219 lowers just got returned to the FFL. And it has only been two years--they had a whole year left before the statute of limitations ran out and they would have been legally forced to return them, how nice of them.

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=79348

 

[TexasRifleman]

Well that is good news for some folks in CA royally screwed over.

Glad to see one finally end, if not happy at least right.

 

[madmike]

Awesome news. Let's hope they've learned from it.

 

[Scorpiusdeus]

WOW! I saw this thread and started reading from the beginning. I've learned a lot.

I'm glad to hear it "seems" to be working out.

For those of you who live outside the state and feel we are a lost cause, I disagree. In fact, I was one of those complacent Californians up until about a year or two ago. Now I'm a letter writing, pro gun organization maniac. I used to vote Democrat I now vote for for the candidate who will protect my rights.

I've met more NEW members to the NRA here in CA than existing members.

We are NOT a lost cause. We do need help. CA, NY, and MA are the front lines of the battle to protect the second amendment. We are losing the war on the front lines. We need YOUR help.

Those of you who have the opinion that it's not your problem or that it won't happen to you... That's what I thought back in the 80's and I went to sleep and this is what I woke up to.

 

[JKimball]

I made it about a fourth of the way through this thread before I realized how old it was. I'm glad I didn't have to be frustrated for nearly 2 years before I got to see the resolution.

Scorpiusdeus,

That is awesome that you are getting involved. My brother lives down there and we went to ... I believe it was Turner's Outdoorsman's shooting sports fair last summer. I couldn't believe how many people were there. I really got the impression that day that there are enough gun owners/enthusiasts in California to make a difference in the laws if they get organized and do something about it.

And it takes more than joining the NRA. I think that any California gun owner that wants to make a difference should make sure that all his friends and good acquaintances know where he stands on the gun rights issue, and they should all have an open invitation to go to the range to try out his guns.

I sometimes wonder if there are a lot of people who just haven't come out of the gun closet...so to speak... because it is such a hostile environment towards gun owners there.

 

[madmike]

Let's see what SCOTUS says. That'll guide the direction we take.

 

[Sven]

I'm picking up 6 AR receivers after a 2 year wait...

 

[iiibdsiil]

I'm glad it uh... worked out? in the end!

 

[DENALI]

Hey, it's sweet he got his stuff back, but at what cost? Really, how you folks soldier on amazes!

 

[ZeSpectre]

Really, how you folks soldier on amazes!

Well, a lot of us don't look at a month or two or a year or two. A lot of us take the LONG (10+ years or the rest of our lives) view of all this stuff.

Expecting long fights we pace ourselves, we don't get tired, and we absolutely do not ever give up. I suppose it's an aspect of the "warrior mentality" that a lot of us have in the first place.

 

[atek3]

in the intervening two years I moved to NH... my local FFL just received my lower. Sweet

atek3

 

[AJAX22]

This is the thread that got me started on OLL guns here in CA,

Now I have over a dozen AR and AK rifles and a few pistols all CA legal.

this is a huge victory for us gunnies

 

[4v50 Gary]

I am so embarassed by this action by the State DoJ. A real selective fire AK47 was used in the murder of SFPD Officer Espinoza. It wasn't a civilian semi-automatic lookalike that was banned in this state but the real military deal. Yet what has been done to remove those weapons from the hands of gangsters? Nothing. Instead they prey upon law abiding citizens and declare society safer because of it.

 

[DENALI]

Jeez I thought the only documented instance of a crime committed with a legally owned fully automatic weapon was actually carried out by an active LEO who murdered someone.......It's really not gun control is it!

 

[GW]

It's really not gun control is it!

Never ever was.

But hey! I got my 2 receivers!
A couple of fellows Ben & Gene really took the fight to the CA DOJ and won!
God bless 'em,
I am in their debt