Posted on 08/30/2012 2:47:50 AM PDT by marktwain
Open display of unloaded rifles in public would be banned in California under legislation sent to Gov. Jerry Brown today.
Assembly Bill 1527 cleared the Legislature when the Assembly concurred in amendments, 43-30.
The measure extends an existing "open carry" law that applies to handguns. AB 1527 would not bar possession in unincorporated areas or at a private business, on private property, and or to the carrying of an unloaded rifle in a vehicle's rack.
Some gun-owning Californians have encouraged open display of firearms in recent years as evidence of their constitutional right to bear arms and as a protest against government gun-control laws.
AB 1527 was proposed by Assemblymen Anthony Portantino of La Cañada Flintridge and Tom Ammiano of San Francisco, both Democrats.
Proponents paint the measure as a benefit to public safety, saying the open carry of a firearm creates alarm among bystanders and sparks emergency calls to police officers, who arrive at the scene not knowing if the gun is loaded. Responses can be dangerous to the gun owner or to passers-by, supporters say.
"Frankly, there is no place for an unloaded shotgun on Main Street, California," Portantino said.
Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, R-Twin Peaks, argued against hampering law-abiding Californians who want to peacefully exercise their constitutional right to assemble and to protest by carrying an unloaded rifle in public.
"Do not criminalize more Americans because they believe in the Second Amendment," Donnelly said.
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We hope all who come for a visit get the same impression so they will go home.
We only have 500,000 in the state. We like it like that.
Well, read my ENTIRE post and then maybe we can discuss it intelligently. I’m already ready. Please note that I’m not a (current) Kalifornia rezident, as your post seemed to assume.
And to think that back in the summer of 1964, I openly carried a 22 rifle on my shoulder 6 blocks from the hardware store where I bought it to my house. I was 7 yrs old, and this was in Orange, CA. At least I still have the rifle.
I did read the entire post and I agree with what you are getting at. It’s just that those phrases about the wonderment that is the geography of California hack me off. I am sorry. I meant no offense to you.
Oh OK, sorry for misinterpreting your post.
Police chiefs are politicians, their views reflect the landscape (commiecrats in CA). Not sure about the line officers, some may or may not agree with more controls.
The deaths that occur due to the absence of a defensive weapon rest on their shoulders. Shame on them. Their badges should be ripped from their chicken breasts. Real men don't make it easier for criminals to attack innocent women and children. They bring the fight them whatever that may be.
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