see the thread I started in Politics & Activism

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Calif. gunners better get your guns because most like in the future it will be a lot tougher.

Got this email from turners last night:

GOVERNOR SIGNS ANTI-GUN LEGISLATION

Davis signs legislation
that opens door for suits
against gun makers, sellers

Outdoor New Service
   While the rest of the nation and the federal government are considering
legislation to protect firearms makers and sellers from frivolous lawsuits,
Governor Gray Davis signed legislation Wednesday that will open the door for
lawsuits against anyone who is in the gun business.
   Davis signed AB496 (Koretz) and SB683 (Perata), bills that repeal
protections given to gun makers and sellers from frivolous lawsuits back in
1983. Guns have been the targets of attorneys, even when the firearms have
been manufactured to the highest standards and sold in the most responsible
manner. Lawsuits have driven many small sellers and makers of firearms out
of business and cost larger makers millions of dollars in attorney fees to
defend their products.
   Recognizing the anti-gun lawsuits were more about a bias against guns
than negligence by the gun industry -- one of the mostly highly regulated
industries in the nation -- there are currently 23 states with laws that
protect firearm makers and dealers from attorneys looking for a payday.
There are 18 other states considering similar legislation. Even the federal
government currently has a bill pending that would end the frivolous
lawsuits against gun makers and dealers.
   But here in California, we're repealing this legislation, opening the
door for more lawsuits. Oh, during the governor's signing telepress
conference, he, Paul Koretz and Don Perata all mouthed platitudes that this
legislation wasn't intended to open the door for lawsuits against gun
makers. They said no manufacturer of any product deserves "immunity" from
liability claims. The truth is that gun makers and retailers are were not
given immunity in the past, they were given an additional measures of
protection from legal predators and anti-gun zealots. They were not given
any protection from manufacturing unsafe firearms or selling them in illegal
ways. They were not given the go-ahead to advertise them in ways that
catered to criminals -- in spite of what the politicians tell you. But are
we so accustomed to politicians lying that we don't even question it any
more?
   Doesn't it seem odd that 41 other states and the federal government
recognize that lawsuits against gun makers and sellers are like an
out-of-control train and are working to correct this wrong, but California
legislators and our governor are going the other direction?
   Doesn't it seem odd that Gray Davis said that he would not sign any more
gun legislation until legislation passed two years ago could be assessed?
   With very few exceptions, lawsuits against makers of legally
manufactured products have either been thrown out of court or failed across
the nation -- when the company involved could afford to protect itself.
Virtually all of the legal challenges have been deemed unmerited or
frivolous. The law is pretty simple: makers of legal products that function
as designed can't be sued if the product is misused. Car makers can be sued
for a vehicle that will go faster than the speed limit because someone
exceeds the marked speed. Beer companies can't be sued because someone
drives drunk. Knife makers can't be sued because someone stabs someone else
instead of using the knife to cut a steak. Courts have unanimously ruled
that legal firearm makers can't be sued because criminals misuse their
products. This is common sense.
   Unfortunately our legislature and governor just don't seem to get this.

Sheesh!  Perata is the scumbag who never saw a gun law he didn't like and carries a Beretta 9mm concealed himself, justifying his hypocritical behavior by claiming that gun nuts are out to get him.

NRA will sue, CA will LOSE and things will go back to their normally crazy self out there.

Pisses me off anyway.

THAT is just another validation of my decision to move out of that crazy place to a free state seven years ago.