[.38sw]

This is just nuts, especially the loaded chamber indicator. If someone doesn't know enough not to point a firearm at someone (whether or not it's loaded), will they know enough to look at the indicator to see if there's a round in the chamber? Uh, no, they won't. And would you trust that indicator? Would you be foolish enough to point a firearm at somebody, just for "fun", and trust that indicator? Ooops, I thought it wasn't loaded.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Sue the gun control crowd for every person hurt who could not defend themselves because they took away their constitutional right to bear arms. Bankrupt these organizations whether they are private or public entities. If they win, America goes to the first despot to gain control of the police and army. Then they will follow the bloody path of history’s infamous tyrants. Before we go that rout we need to build and refine a litigation machine to eat those B@st@rds up in court.

[elbucko]

..and trust that indicator? Ooops, I thought it wasn't loaded.

That's the point of the law. If a weapon fires with a round in the chamber that is not "indicated", the firearm will be "defective". SB 489 is not about making firearms " safer", it is about keeping manufacturers from selling in California due to increased liability.

At the same time, well made "pre SB 489" firearms will be kept off or slowly removed from the CA-DOJ, "Safe Gun List", thus completing the de facto disarming of Californians.