Wow! So Californians can no longer open carry????

 

California Governor bans the open carry of unloaded handguns in public.

 

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-brown-guns-20111011,0,5655548.story

 

(Added a better link where there are comments)

Yup. Moonbeam signed the legislation.

Dunno if it even matters... all those pot heads be loosing there guns soon anyway!

 

Serious note: WTF was his excuse? Its too problematic for the cops to handle?

What makes you think he needed an excuse?

Were they at least allowed to carry a loaded magazine? If not, what's the point in open carrying an unloaded handgun?

Were they at least allowed to carry a loaded magazine? If not, what's the point in open carrying an unloaded handgun?

 

They could have a loaded magazine, but the gun had to be empty.

For once, CA followed our lead on something... Makes ya proud, don't it?

 

I like how all the national gun rights people are up in arms about it, but that's the way it's always been here and there's nary a peep when they talk about 49 states allow their citizens to protect themselves bullsh*t.

What makes you think he needed an excuse?

I'm not saying he needed one, but he certainly pulled one out of his a@@.

For once, CA followed our lead on something... Makes ya proud, don't it?

 

45 years later

loss of Open carry is bad... LONG GUN REGISTRATION is a lot worse.

And in addition to the gun rights losses: California governor allows warrantless search of cell phones

As long as nobody else jumps on the god damned band wagon.

And in addition to the gun rights losses: California governor allows warrantless search of cell phones

That oen didnt cost him anything in reality there is already caselaw that says you need a warrant to go searching through someone's cell phone memory. it was a law prohibiting something that was already prohibited by the Constitution.

That oen didnt cost him anything in reality there is already caselaw that says you need a warrant to go searching through someone's cell phone memory. it was a law prohibiting something that was already prohibited by the Constitution.

Not in California:

 

"This measure would overturn a California Supreme Court decision that held that police officers can lawfully search the cell phones of people who they arrest," the governor's brief statement said. "The courts are better suited to resolve the complex and case-specific issues relating to constitutional search-and-seizures protections."