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Glaug-Eldare

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25. What do you consider the intent of the bill to be?
Wed May 2, 2012, 03:17 PM
May 2012

It appears to have been written to make it inconvenient for Californians to use the standard detachable magazines ubiquitous in every other state. Using a bullet button, magnet, or tool to exchange specialty CA-spec magazines is still inconvenient and compliant with the law. What do you want us to read into the law, besides "don't buy guns that look scaaary?"

If their intent was that everybody must sit down and use two allen wrenches to remove their 10rd mags, they should have written a law making that the only acceptable means of detaching magazines. As written, the law allows for creative people to come up with various means of obeying while maximizing convenience. All the law is written to do is create a ceiling for that level of convenience.

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Must be a slow news day in California. ManiacJoe May 2012 #1
LOL the shit they have to put up with in California. Atypical Liberal May 2012 #2
Video that explains it here: GreenStormCloud May 2012 #3
A magnet krispos42 May 2012 #18
Maybe... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2012 #29
So what law makers have done Meiko May 2012 #4
Priceless: Callisto32 May 2012 #5
Post removed Post removed May 2012 #6
prove or retract iverglas May 2012 #28
If I may sarisataka May 2012 #37
you beat me to it... N/T ToolMaker May 2012 #40
apparently you can't iverglas May 2012 #43
Ok, I'll type it sarisataka May 2012 #45
sure I can iverglas May 2012 #46
I know sarisataka May 2012 #47
spit those mealies out of your mouth and stand up straight iverglas May 2012 #50
You keep repeating this, Glaug-Eldare May 2012 #51
yeah, I've repeated it about 200 times at Democratic Underground iverglas May 2012 #52
are her own words proof enough? ToolMaker May 2012 #39
well, there goes another one iverglas May 2012 #44
Wow, just wow, Ashgrey77 May 2012 #54
yeah? iverglas May 2012 #65
sigh, Ashgrey77 May 2012 #75
I'm surrounded by parrots iverglas May 2012 #76
LOL Clames May 2012 #78
At least the parrots can read. ManiacJoe May 2012 #79
I'm a pretty bird! Callisto32 May 2012 #80
It is funny sarisataka May 2012 #7
Bingo. Glaug-Eldare May 2012 #8
Point well taken. Remmah2 May 2012 #12
Would you really want that guy with a concealed weapon standing next to a little girl. Hoyt May 2012 #59
What do you know about him besides the fact he has an AK stock made out of a toilet seat? Glaug-Eldare May 2012 #61
Well, he appears challenged and someone who would like Ted Nugent, Zimmy, Hoyt May 2012 #63
Really? All that from one goofy picture? Glaug-Eldare May 2012 #64
Didn't you know our Hoyt's a practicing telepsychologist? friendly_iconoclast May 2012 #69
Well it ain't difficult when some yahoo is standing there with a toilet seat modified rifle. Hoyt May 2012 #70
what can you tell us about the owner of this gun? gejohnston May 2012 #71
Unfortunately, WYSIWYG Glaug-Eldare May 2012 #72
I need to buy my crystal ball where Hoyt gets his. ManiacJoe May 2012 #74
depends gejohnston May 2012 #62
Better him than *this* person with a concealed standing next to a little girl: friendly_iconoclast May 2012 #67
I stand next to my little girl all the time. ileus May 2012 #73
The authors of those laws are just loopy. N/T appal_jack May 2012 #15
Gun crowd is not much different from Wall Streeters, banks and other such groups in that respect. Hoyt May 2012 #16
Changing a magazine is "immoral"? Johnny Rico May 2012 #19
Trying to get around laws is. That's what banks, the rich, etc., do. Hoyt May 2012 #22
What do you consider the intent of the bill to be? Glaug-Eldare May 2012 #25
It's not "getting around" the law. Using a bullet button is following the law. Johnny Rico May 2012 #26
No, compliance... sarisataka May 2012 #42
I'm sorry, we ain't talking tools here. Except for tools of the NRA and other right wing groups. Hoyt May 2012 #60
Mirror, mirror, on the wall... PavePusher May 2012 #82
Do you take *any* optional lawful deductions when you fill out tax forms? friendly_iconoclast May 2012 #48
No answer. Can't say I'm surprised friendly_iconoclast May 2012 #81
The law is unjust in spirit. NewMoonTherian May 2012 #58
It is law abiding sarisataka May 2012 #38
It's not "getting around" the law - the California Code of Regulations petronius May 2012 #9
Too bad the magazine capacity issue is still with us. NT Simo 1939_1940 May 2012 #10
One of many reasons I'm glad I don't live in California. Johnny Rico May 2012 #11
So how many bullets do you think you need for self-defense, if that is what you will use gun for? Hoyt May 2012 #23
I don't know in advance, which is why it's better to have more rather than less. Johnny Rico May 2012 #24
you really just never do know, do you? iverglas May 2012 #30
No one ever knows in advance how many shots they'll need to fire in self-defense. Johnny Rico May 2012 #31
After all, the situation can't be predicted ahead of time Glaug-Eldare May 2012 #32
Exactly so. Given the choice, why would I defend myself with anything less than the most effective Johnny Rico May 2012 #33
That's why I have a rifle, shotgun and handgun with me at all times. Kaleva May 2012 #34
Fair 'nuf. Everybody finds their own balance Glaug-Eldare May 2012 #35
Yes. There is no one size fits all. Kaleva May 2012 #36
And as long as we all have the freedom to choose which path to go down, I don't have the slightest Johnny Rico May 2012 #41
This is what usually happens when non-technical people attempt to craft a technical fix... slackmaster May 2012 #13
emotion is all they have.... ileus May 2012 #14
Actually it is what happens when you try to appease a bunch of morally bankrupt people. Hoyt May 2012 #17
So we share a view on the gun-control lobby. n/t krispos42 May 2012 #20
Yes, Hoyt, that's exactly what the pro-control crowd is. Thanks for saying it. HALO141 May 2012 #21
Looks like a Freudian slip to me, but I do agree slackmaster May 2012 #27
I'm bookmarking this thread for that post alone. friendly_iconoclast May 2012 #49
Damn, surely you have better stuff to do than that and playing with your guns. Hoyt May 2012 #53
...and once again, you've forgotten that I don't own any guns. friendly_iconoclast May 2012 #55
In Hoyt's defense, this board would be a lot duller without him! Glaug-Eldare May 2012 #56
Also what happens when you get people like Hoyt calling up and yammering for gun control... Atypical Liberal May 2012 #77
Oh noes... Clames May 2012 #57
Extender devices with buttons? jpak May 2012 #66
Wow, haven't seen a pseudo-Freudian reference from you lot in a while. friendly_iconoclast May 2012 #68
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