[T-Bird45]

Where was the NRA then?

I suspect that Californistan does not have the state level preclusion law that gives them leverage in Washington. If you have no tool, better to preserve your powder for a fight you can win.

[Myrddin]

CA does have state wide firearm pre-emption laws.

“It is the intention of the Legislature to occupy the whole field of regulation of the registration or licensing of commercially manufactured firearms as encompassed by the provisions of the Penal Code, and such provisions shall be exclusive of all local regulations, relating to registration or licensing of commercially manufactured firearms, by any political subdivision as defined in Section 1721 of the Labor Code.”