True. Every year our block participates in "Americas Night Out" where there's a BBQ and the town cops stop by to talk to neighbors about their concerns. One Lt. got a call while there from an officer who had just stopped some methheads with long records carrying meth and a flare gun, and wanted to know if he should add a felon in possession of a firearm. The Lt. told him to go ahead, and I asked if a flare gun was a firearm under CA law (as far as I know it's not). His answer was "well, it's a gray area. It may get thrown out, but do you really want a methhead running around with a flare gun? At least he won't be tonight."
You just knew years ago when the politicians in Sacramento started going after even cosmetic accessories, grips et al, they were not going to stop at anything until they ban everything. That’s the goal. They couldn’t care less about the safety of it’s citizens and they prove this daily.
Years later, it’s just become an embarrassing spectacle of absurdity to the point Americans in others state justifiably look at CA as a threat to free people everywhere.