I'm still confused about how anything passing in commiefornia means that "we are going to see repercussions of this here".
It is a very different place here than it is there, with a very different legislature with very different goals and priorities.
Having it pass in California might have it take a foothold here. Also, I don't quite understand how California is equivalent to Communism, could you explain that a little better?
Also notice that many major airsoft suppliers are located there: AirsoftGI, Evike, Airsplat, AirsoftMegastore, etc.
Their laws... a little on the "take from the rich, give to the poor, the illegals, and whoever else doesn't want to work but still wants to be at the same socioeconomic status as everyone else; cater to the criminals and blame the law abiding citizens when catering to the criminals doesn't reduce crime" side of life. I admit, it's closer to a socialist regime, but sociofornia just doesn't give the same impression as commiefornia, and doesn't start with the same letter as california.
But no, laws passing in California generally don't have any effect on what goes on here. For a similar example, check out their score on the Brady Index, and look at Arizona's. We ALMOST had a negative score this year. We'll have to try harder in the next legislative go-round. Our gun laws are polar opposites. Our welfare system works NOTHING like theirs. Our taxes are NOTHING like theirs (except for the part where they exist, and you HAVE to pay them). Our citizens have rights that can't be overruled at an officer's whim, without major repercussions for that officer. Past experience says that laws taking foothold in california has next to nothing to do with laws taking effect in arizona.
Major retailers being there shouldn't effect much, other than their local sales.
Oh, and sidenote, no representative from California is going to give a rat's a$$ what we say about this bill. And they shouldn't. They should only listen to their constituents! They theoretically vote based on the will of the people that vote for them (supposedly... although most politicians seem to vote on secret agendas and lobbyists now instead).
