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I'd say the Second Amendment would need to be tweaked. Our gun control laws are honestly really in breach, and I think they are very sensible pieces of legislation, so we should make everything consistent.


The views of Californian's are not universally shared throughout the country.


It's not just California, almost all states have some kind of gun control.


You do realize that California's strict gun control laws were passed by Reagan right?


You mean the Mulford Act - Prohibiting Open Carry in California?

What does that have to do with the OP? There are many states that allow Open Carry today.

The original comment stands - Californian views are not universally shared throughout the country. This is the very reason we have States in this country, each with their own government.

Trying to compel people in other states to live the way you think they should, isn't right.


No. There have been at least a couple dozen gun control laws passed in CA since Reagan.

Hell, they passed more than 5 in the last 2 years.


So? Who's responsible for passing a bad law doesn't make the law not-bad.


Why can’t a state’s militia have its own military grade weapons and vehicles? Aside from the whole Civil War incident...

I’m not going to argue if it’s a good or bad law, but as written, each state gets to regulate which residents get nothing more than a butter knife, or a nuke, and where the state keeps those things. Arms !== rifles.


A states militia? That's one thing. It's just that it you were to interpret the 2A literally even the State levek gun control laws are out of order.

The reason why a states militia would be an issue is that it's just mostly useless. States aren't allowed to meddle in foreign policy, so what would the militias do?


State militias can have their own military grade weapons. They’d just need to follow the NFA.

Civilians can own things like howitzers, mortars, etc. At least at the federal level, state laws vary.

Check out the Knob Creek event held every year. Tons of military weaponry, all privately owned.




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