[BurbankKarl]

Contra Costa county is the only one banning the .50 cal rifle.

[Remington Rebel]

I think they need to show a case of where a .50BMG has repeatedly been used for a crime before they try and outlaw it,actually i'd like to see ONE instance where a .50BMG has been used in the commission of a crime in the US

[Dan from Michigan]

Lesson for the rest of us as well.

And those DMF'ing 40% or so of gun owners who will vote for John Kerry, who voted to ban .30-30 ammo.

[.38sw]

I have several gun-owning friends who complain bitterly about the restrictive gun laws. I keep tabs on pending legislation in the state legislature so that I can call and fax committee members, and if the thing gets out of committee, contact my so-called representative about the legislation. I will contact my friends and relatives about pending bills, and ask them to contact their reps. Later, when I ask them if they called, and the bill has passed, they get this deer-in-the-headlights look and admit that they didn't.

Grrrrrr. If you didn't make an effort to stop it, then don't whine!

A couple of years ago, I was coming out of Traders Sports in San Leandro, and a man from the local NRA member's council had a table set up to register voters. I struck up a conversation with him. He said that quite a few gun owners won't register to vote because they don't want to be on a government list. !!!!! Hello. If you've purchased a firearm in California anytime in the last, I don't know, 10 - 15 years or so, you're on a government list. You're on all KINDS of government lists. So refusing to register to vote keeps you under the government's radar? That's about one of the most stupid things I've ever heard. No wonder we're screwed. BTW, if you want to look over a forum for California gun owners, check this out: California Guns Forum. Occasionally, someone will have a nice S&W revolver for sale.

[Tijeras_Slim]

We're a bit better about 2A issues here in NM (despite a bunch of Californians moving in and "enlightening" us) but gun shows generally suck.

You've got the jerkey guys, the magazine guy, the overpriced experts, out and out liars, the trash sellers, the high-speed low-drag "operators", the t-shirt guys, the survivalist book guys, the knife guy selling blades that would scare a Klingon, the inevitable neo-nazi guy, and a bunch walking around trying to sell a rusty J.C. Higgins at A.H. Fox prices.

The only guys who have anything of interest are from the local shops, and I go there already.

[StoneColdGOP]

Ahem...