bgavin Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 None taken. CA is the last place I would recommend anyone come to live.. about as much as I would recommend Cuba or Venezuela. Those who don't live here, really do not have a true understanding of how it is here. I do hope GOA/GOC organizes Virginia-level demonstrations, which I will attend. The March 2020 primary election should be a good indicator. My wife is from Buffalo, land of terrible winters, ghastly humid summers and mosquitoes big enough to require landing lights. We favor AZ and NV for low population, excellent air quality, low humidity and less severe winters. Nursing school is #4s problem, not mine. She's the "A" student... I just fund it. Her hubby's union owns him for the next 7 years, so they stay in CA until they are free to move to TX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 On 2/23/2020 at 10:29 PM, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Yeah, we knew this would be coming. Thank God we have all our fellow countryman on our side ready to help fight another battle for our rights in these United States... oh, wait, whatever could I be thinking. That’s never happened before. Why would it happen now? Thanks for the heads up, OLG. Don’t blast all of us. Many of us feel for your plight. Ignore the haters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 2 hours ago, Noz said: and they have a truckload of nursing schools. Yup they sure do. Good to see you posting again OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 Double tap OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 6 hours ago, sassnetguy50 said: Like this? Don't give them any more ideas. Next they'll be requiring those for home defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Nichols, SASS #6461 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Why can’t you shoot jacketed bullets at steel targets? ever heard of the steel challenge? Virtually all shooters use jacketed or plated bullets! You just can’t shoot the ridiculous low velocities that are now standard for cowboy shooting? Might be nice to go back to mor realistic velocities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 27 minutes ago, Dutch Nichols, SASS #6461 said: Why can’t you shoot jacketed bullets at steel targets? ever heard of the steel challenge? Virtually all shooters use jacketed or plated bullets! You just can’t shoot the ridiculous low velocities that are now standard for cowboy shooting? Might be nice to go back to mor realistic velocities? Probably have to move a lot of targets back out to a little farther distance to try to negate copper jacketing coming back at the shooter. There would probably be a lot of fussing at slower stage times with those targets moved back but at least people would be shooting and playing cowboy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 31 minutes ago, Dutch Nichols, SASS #6461 said: Why can’t you shoot jacketed bullets at steel targets? ever heard of the steel challenge? Virtually all shooters use jacketed or plated bullets! You just can’t shoot the ridiculous low velocities that are now standard for cowboy shooting? Might be nice to go back to mor realistic velocities? 2 minutes ago, Dantankerous said: Probably have to move a lot of targets back out to a little farther distance to try to negate copper jacketing coming back at the shooter. There would probably be a lot of fussing at slower stage times with those targets moved back but at least people would be shooting and playing cowboy. I don't know about you guys but I'm not willing to give in to these gun grabbers. If I wanted to shoot steel challenge, I would shoot steel challenge. I choose to shoot CAS with lead bullets. I've been on the receiving end of jacketed bullet fragments, had to use a knife to dig them out on the range. Realistic Velocities? I don't shoot any piss ant loads. I don't shoot full boat loads either. Why should people have to spend 3 to 4 times as much on bullets as they do now? Seems like that in less than 48 hours, people are resigned to alternative solutions to a problem that doesn't exist. Kind of a defeatist attitude if I might say. Fight, fight and fight like your freedom depends on it.....because it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 Those jacketed bullets used in Steel Challenge and modern 3-gun have lead cores. This law, would kill those shooting disciplines at public ranges. What's interesting, there's no LEO exception for departments that use/lease public ranges. I do wonder about BLM land. OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 On 2/24/2020 at 6:54 AM, Rye Miles #13621 said: How would paper targets overcome the "no lead rule"? Maybe this?............. https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/alternative-ammo/ Boy... I could go on for days about the bias in that article. Bias... partial presentation of facts... omissions... I suspect Mister Dan Zimmerman was paid well for this piece ~ and to the uninitiated it will be quite convincing. And therein lies the problem (or one of the major problems!) - in california, the vast majority of the population are of that classification. By the way... one of the major milestones in this drive toward a lead-free utopia was the passage of california AB-711 in 2013. Here's an interesting passage from the bill: Quote Assembly Bill No. 711 CHAPTER 742 SEC. 2. 3004.5. (a) (d) (1) To the extent that funding is available, the commission shall establish a process that will provide hunters with nonlead ammunition at no or reduced charge. The process shall provide that the offer for nonlead ammunition at no or reduced charge may be redeemed through a coupon sent to a permitholder with the appropriate permit tag. If available funding is not sufficient to provide nonlead ammunition at no charge, the commission shall set the value of the reduced charge coupon at the maximum value possible through available funding, up to the average cost within this state for nonlead ammunition, as determined by the commission. Now... I'm curious. How many of you have received your ammunition subsidy?? Jeepers - if I used the descriptors I would like to use, I would undoubtedly be banished for eternity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: ................. Jeepers - if I used the descriptors I would like to use, I would undoubtedly be banished for eternity! C'mon Uncle Hardpan, they's only adjectives ........ 1 hour ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 BTT again. OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 On 2/25/2020 at 3:40 PM, Cypress Sun said: Seems like that in less than 48 hours, people are resigned to alternative solutions to a problem that doesn't exist. Kind of a defeatist attitude if I might say. Fight, fight and fight like your freedom depends on it.....because it does. What are people expected to do? The anti-gun politicians outnumber the pro-gun ones in CA by a 2 to 1 margin. Contacting your representative is a waste of time. It's either follow the law, break it and risk getting caught, or move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 That is the way I see it, also. There is a fully documented 2:1 Democrat voter advantage in the PRK, and a 75% Democrat super majority in the legislature. I don't have much faith in NRA piling on the lawsuits... more faith in GOC than NRA, so I sent 'em another donation. The lawyers will destroy any range that allows lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 You would think with that kind of political power the Democrats would've turned CA into the kind of Utopia they always brag about having if only the evil GOP wouldn't keep blocking them. Well, nobody's stopping them and yet the place has turned into a sheer hellhole of onerous laws, sky-high taxes, horrible traffic, pollution, drought, natural disasters, homelessness and no end to violent crime in sight. And to think several other western states are trying to follow their example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Sixgun Sheridan said: What are people expected to do? The anti-gun politicians outnumber the pro-gun ones in CA by a 2 to 1 margin. Contacting your representative is a waste of time. It's either follow the law, break it and risk getting caught, or move. Okay, give up then. Stick your head in the sand and hope it goes away. There's a similar thread here about the Alamo. They didn't give up against overwhelming odds, they got massacred standing up for them. Eventually Texas won independence from Mexico and became a State. No one in California that stands up to this ludicrous law is going to get massacred but if no one stands against it, it will surely get passed. Your options are give in, break the law or move. Law abiding citizens aren't going to risk breaking the law. Most of the law abiding citizens can't afford to just pick up and move, leaving behind loved ones or jobs or both. Only the people who reside and vote in California can fight or surrender in this fight, but everyone in every State WILL have a dog in this fight sooner or later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cajun bandit Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 come on down to Arkansas,several of our members are X commiefornia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Cypress Sun said: Okay, give up then. Stick your head in the sand and hope it goes away. There's a similar thread here about the Alamo. They didn't give up against overwhelming odds, they got massacred standing up for them. Eventually Texas won independence from Mexico and became a State. No one in California that stands up to this ludicrous law is going to get massacred but if no one stands against it, it will surely get passed. Your options are give in, break the law or move. Law abiding citizens aren't going to risk breaking the law. Most of the law abiding citizens can't afford to just pick up and move, leaving behind loved ones or jobs or both. Only the people who reside and vote in California can fight or surrender in this fight, but everyone in every State WILL have a dog in this fight sooner or later. You can bet that people are standing up and protesting this bill. All I'm saying is that the anti-gunners hold such a comfortable majority in the CA legislature that they don't have to give a damn what any of us think. They'll pass whatever laws they please and just watch the pro-gun people get upset for their own amusement. Their jobs are safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Devil Dale Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 On 2/23/2020 at 8:07 PM, Tyrel Cody said: What can we do to help? Letters, cards and emails to California Assembly and Senate members are critically needed RIGHT NOW. When they can't get into their offices over the pile of mail, they will at least listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Sin Nombre Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 I posted this on the main thread, but here it is again. We aren't necessarily out matched. We just need voters to actually vote or register to vote if they aren't. Republicans, no party, other and non registered would become beyond a majority again if they stopped thinking their vote doesn't count. Current California Voter Registration Statistics Report Date: January 3, 2020 Democratic: 9,109,939 44.6% Republican: 4,842,603 23.7% No Party Preference: 5,291,771 25.9% Other: 1,183,957 5.8% Eligible Voters not registered: 4,807,843 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrel Cody Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 3 minutes ago, El Hombre Sin Nombre said: I posted this on the main thread, but here it is again. We aren't necessarily out matched. We just need voters to actually vote or register to vote if they aren't. Republicans, no party, other and non registered would become beyond a majority again if they stopped thinking their vote doesn't count. Current California Voter Registration Statistics Report Date: January 3, 2020 Democratic: 9,109,939 44.6% Republican: 4,842,603 23.7% No Party Preference: 5,291,771 25.9% Other: 1,183,957 5.8% Eligible Voters not registered: 4,807,843 Sounds like the Democrats have successfully suppressed the vote of a LOT of potential Republicans; something they accuse the Republicans of doing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Sin Nombre Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, Tyrel Cody said: Sounds like the Democrats have successfully suppressed the vote of a LOT of potential Republicans; something they accuse the Republicans of doing Too hard to say with no evidence either way. All of those nearly 5 million unregistered voters very well could be Democrats. I somehow doubt that though. I have a feeling many of them are disenfranchised with the system assuming their vote doesn't count here, which couldn't be further from the truth. And to note, this is the voter registration rolls. Not the actual voting rolls. Those would be much lower all the way around. It does blow my mind that so many people in this country don't vote, when other countries have and still are fighting and dying for the right to vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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