By John Farnam
Ft Collins, CO –-(Ammoland.com)- “Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.” ~ Oscar Wilde
CA, “leading the way,” once more!
CA’s AG maintains a “Roster of Handguns Certified for Sale.” As you might imagine, the list of handguns that may be legally purchased in CA is continuously shrinking!
The state, through its justice department, has functionally established the goal of phasing-out the lawful purchase of all autoloading pistols (regardless of capacity) by citizens, including retired LEOs. No timetable has been officially set, but most believe the list of “decertified” handguns will include all autoloaders by the end of 2019.
Ultimate status of existing handguns in private possession, that have been subsequently dropped from the “List,” is currently unknown, but forced confiscation is a safe bet!
Thus before long, CA residents may be looking to 7/8-shot 38/357 revolvers currently manufactured by S&W and Ruger for home defense, and 5/6-shot revolvers for carrying, such as the Kimber K6, new Colt Cobra, Ruger LCR, and S&W’s 340PD 5-shot snubby
It may be no coincidence that Colt is currently re-introducing its 6-shot Cobra revolver (38Spl), Kimber came out with their excellent K6 revolver (357Mg), and Ruger has recently introduced its eight-shot Redhawk (357Mg)!
Before it is all over, the Supremes may rule, in five years, maybe twenty. In the interim, down here in peon-land, all we can do is prepare and otherwise look after our own best interests, a strategy which may include moving to another state!
“The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The realist adjusts his sails!” ~ William Ward
/John
About John Farnam & Defense Training International, Inc
As a defensive weapons and tactics instructor John Farnam will urge you, based on your own beliefs, to make up your mind in advance as to what you would do when faced with an imminent and unlawful lethal threat. You should, of course, also decide what preparations you should make in advance, if any. Defense Training International wants to make sure that their students fully understand the physical, legal, psychological, and societal consequences of their actions or inactions.
It is our duty to make you aware of certain unpleasant physical realities intrinsic to the Planet Earth. Mr Farnam is happy to be your counselor and advisor. Visit: www.defense-training.com
Folks in California have said time and again “we can’t move, we can’t find work, we have family…” etc. At what point does oppression become so burdensome that you simply cannot tolerate it anymore and those in the State flee en masse? I guess not yet!
The first gun show that I ever went to was in Quitman, Texas. I met no less that four other gentlemen that had retired, quietly sold everything in Ca, and moved to Texas with their fortunes. They were working the Texas State Rifle Association booth. I bought a life membership and a Para Ordinance 14/45 with four magazines.
I left California in 1980 and never looked back. Pure Michigan is my forever home!
I understand the plight of the people in Kalifornicate but please if you move to my State, leave that Bull Sh*t behind you. hippybiker in Florida.
I’ve moved, and glad to be FROM Ca!!
When I lived in Northern Virginia I looked at the California list because DC uses the same list, and I wanted to be legal when I carried in DC under LEOSA. What I found out is, the list has expiration dates! In other words, a specific gun (identified by SKU) may be legal today, but its legality will lapse in two years unless the manufacturer submits a new model for testing. (This is, of course, a ploy to make getting on the list so onerous that manufacturers won’t bother.) And (natch!) if the manufacturer makes any changes whatsoever to the… Read more »