“The people mentioned in the article all appear to be illegally possessing firearms.”
From the article:
They had better luck in nearby Upland, where they seized three guns from the home of Lynette Phillips, 48, who’d been hospitalized for mental illness, and her husband, David. One gun was registered to her, two to him.
marktwain notes:
The husband had two legally registered guns. He was not a prohibited possesser, yet his guns were confiscated also, on the grounds that his wife could access them.
This is how slo-mo confiscation works. Overtime, you increase those groups who may not have guns (the wife disputes whether she fits the category given), decrease the types of guns that they can have, until the remnant are so decreased that they are of no political consequence.
We are seeing it happen before our eyes.
Registration is Confiscation
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2012/12/gun-registration-is-gun-confiscation.html
As she should. Being hospitalized for mental illness (a very broad and vague category) is not the same as being adjudicated mentally incompetent. I don't know about CA but that's the standard in most states for restricting someone's civil liberties.