If you are going to offer quotes from 1959 I can give you some of the greatest American conservatives that ever lived — from California.
True, but Humphrey is still well thought of by most Minnesotans, to the point where the Democrat Farm Labor (Told you there were "different", even the party's name) politicians must at least pretend to agree with him.
That's not true of the Majority party in California. They seem to revere the Moonbat Brown. I doubt many think highly of Nixon or Reagan. Republicans do, or some of them anyway, but not the majority 'Rats.
Minnesota passed it's "Shall issue" CHL law in 2003 and again in 2005 after the courts objected to the manner of it's passage (not a stand alone bill). California has never passed shall issue, since they banned concealed carry without a permit. In some areas the local LEOs will issue permits, in the areas containing the most people, only the "connected" can get them.
The topic of this thread certainly indicates that the leader of the CA Republican party is not a friend of arms rights.