As a lifelong Californian, I agree with almost all of what is said in this thread. The bottom line is that we, as freedom loving, gun packing 2A supporters, are vilified and looked down on by the sheeple here, they equate gun ownership as the same as child molesting. It does make me sad though that the rest of the country assumes we vote for these idiots who have ruined the state, the whole thing comes down to simple numbers, there are a few million of us and tens of millions of brainwashed opposition. I am ashamed to be from the state that has polluted the world with the likes of Feinstein, Boxer, Pelosi.
The mistake that many of you make is writing off the state here though. We are in a battle for our civil rights here, the more we lose, the more it WILL affect you in your free state. Sure, Feinstein's National AW Ban Redux was defeated and yes, states are making incremental gains, but the disease and tyranny seeping from California, Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Hawaii is a cancer and that cancer will affect you in the healthy parts of the body. We all fight together or we will all die together, it's that simple. Support your brothers and sisters in arms on the front lines, it's a simple matter of self-preservation.