Before readers of this post see that I moved from America to California, they must be aware that I'm a recent college grad and had only two anti-gun states for job choices (terrible economy). I will be getting a new job ASAP when I can find one in an American state.
So I walked to the local gun store today (my car can't pass emissions and taxes are too high to buy a new one while paying back student loans and tuition to finish my PhD in an attempt to improve my job prospects in American states) to buy replacement reduced-capacity magazines for the standard capacity magazines I had to leave behind. I expected gun stores and shooting ranges to be the only places for normalcy in California.
Big mistake.
I went through all of the gun laws relative to bringing guns from American states to California, but I missed an ammo buying law unique to Los Angeles (because I wasn't looking to buy ammo in my 6 months here and hoped to leave before 6 months was up). When I saw this one, I had to ask about it. I was waiting around and the dealer pulled out a book full of people's IDs and fingerprints and showed them off to everyone (if I got caught showing off records like that at my job, I would be fired and prosecuted by the SEC). He said that fingerprinting for ammo was not only required by law in Los Angeles, but a good idea. In his 3 years of working there, they got a call from the LAPD about 1 person on probation that they sold ammo to. That one criminal they sold ammo to (they didn't anything illegal with it BTW) was justification to fingerprint everyone in California looking to buy ammo in this guy's mind.
Not only did he believe this, but he tried to use the fact that he was twice my age to justify why he was right. Apparently his "experience" in life outweighs my common sense even though he is wrong. Not only do I have to go to shooting ranges in California, but I have to teach a few open minded coworkers how to shoot with anti-gun idiots all around. Skeet and trap are two player games. I need a partner. What is wrong with these people?
In the last American state I lived in, no one asked for ID when buying ammo, and people at gun ranges shook my hand and thanked me for teaching new people how to shoot when I brought friends that were obviously awkward with guns to the range.
I'd put an unloaded gun on the shooting bench, show them how to use it, give them a couple pointers, let them shoot it, and then when people would ask for the range to go cold, I would check to make sure they emptied the gun and left the chamber open correctly, and no one would complain.
I knew California would be <deleted>, but I didn't think a supposed part of America could be this bad. What happened?
So I walked to the local gun store today (my car can't pass emissions and taxes are too high to buy a new one while paying back student loans and tuition to finish my PhD in an attempt to improve my job prospects in American states) to buy replacement reduced-capacity magazines for the standard capacity magazines I had to leave behind. I expected gun stores and shooting ranges to be the only places for normalcy in California.
Big mistake.
I went through all of the gun laws relative to bringing guns from American states to California, but I missed an ammo buying law unique to Los Angeles (because I wasn't looking to buy ammo in my 6 months here and hoped to leave before 6 months was up). When I saw this one, I had to ask about it. I was waiting around and the dealer pulled out a book full of people's IDs and fingerprints and showed them off to everyone (if I got caught showing off records like that at my job, I would be fired and prosecuted by the SEC). He said that fingerprinting for ammo was not only required by law in Los Angeles, but a good idea. In his 3 years of working there, they got a call from the LAPD about 1 person on probation that they sold ammo to. That one criminal they sold ammo to (they didn't anything illegal with it BTW) was justification to fingerprint everyone in California looking to buy ammo in this guy's mind.
Not only did he believe this, but he tried to use the fact that he was twice my age to justify why he was right. Apparently his "experience" in life outweighs my common sense even though he is wrong. Not only do I have to go to shooting ranges in California, but I have to teach a few open minded coworkers how to shoot with anti-gun idiots all around. Skeet and trap are two player games. I need a partner. What is wrong with these people?
In the last American state I lived in, no one asked for ID when buying ammo, and people at gun ranges shook my hand and thanked me for teaching new people how to shoot when I brought friends that were obviously awkward with guns to the range.
I'd put an unloaded gun on the shooting bench, show them how to use it, give them a couple pointers, let them shoot it, and then when people would ask for the range to go cold, I would check to make sure they emptied the gun and left the chamber open correctly, and no one would complain.
I knew California would be <deleted>, but I didn't think a supposed part of America could be this bad. What happened?
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