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If all American gun manufacturers and importers stopped selling guns and ammo to CA LE agencies it wouldn't cause any great hardship for the CA cops. LE agencies aren't affected by the federal gun laws like we commoners are, they can go directly to gun makers in a foreign country and buy anything they want and import it directly into CA without going through a licensed firearms importer. Several former com-bloc nations, Bulgaria and Serbia for examples, manufacture handguns and long arms that are quite well designed and made. Even some 3rd world nations such as India and Egypt are now manufacturing decent firearms for their domestic military and LE, and also for export.

Those makers wouldn't mind at all seeing the American firearms industry bankrupted, that would just open up a large new market for them. Ammo wouldn't be any problem either, I'm sure companies such as Geco, Hirtenberger, Norma, and many others would happily sell CA all the LE type ammo it could use. CA cops wouldn't be carrying Glocks and Berettas loaded with HydroShoks or Corbons, but they would be sufficiently well armed.

There isn't any quick or simple answer to this situation. The only way we can fight it is by joining and supporting an effective pro-gun lobbying association, keeping the heat on our reps and senators, and by the power of voting as a bloc. I'm not at all happy about the direction the NRA has taken the last decade or so, but it is still the only lobby with enough membership and money to influence congress to a significant degree. If all NRA members would also join GOA we would have a much more powerful voice in Washington. Of course, if even 10 or 15% of all gun owners been active in politically opposing the gun-grabbers and their hirelings in D.C. we wouldn't be in this mess to begin with.