sf wrote:
>
> On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:25:00 -0500, "Pete C." >
> wrote:
>
> > Ask the folks in CA, IL, NY, CT, NJ and a few other states where peoples
> > constitutional rights are indeed being trampled. Ask folks who's rights
> > were trampled by the now expired ugly gun ban. When the second amendment
> > was written it wasn't about "sporting" guns, or antique guns, it was
> > about guns that were the then state of the art and defensive use was
> > very much what was being considered.
>
> The gun laws in California are the way voters want them, and we're
> working on making them even more restrictive.

The courts may have something to say about your attempts to infringe on
peoples constitutional rights. Indeed, I recently read that there have
been significant increases in issuing CHLs in parts of CA this year.

> We need better
> background checks

Can you cite a single case where the existing background checks failed?
What do you think needs to be better about them?

> and we shouldn't be selling automatic and

You aren't selling automatic weapons, and neither is anyone else
essentially, but you are too ignorant of guns to actually know that/

> semi-automatic weapons. They are not necessary to shoot game, but
> they are very good for shooting people which is what thugs, criminals
> and lunatics do.

They are good for shooting criminals, something which many law abiding
citizens do defending themselves. They are also good for many other
activities, but with your ignorance of guns you can't comprehend that.