Having said this, perhaps a majority of the electorate are simply anti-gun. Looking at the quality of the people they send to Sacramento, it looks that way.
Maybe not so much anti-gun as pro gubmint giveaways and handouts. The left loves dependency and will foster victim-groups as fast as they can. This is the methodology they use to consolidate power. Weak minded people love to be named as "special" and in line for special privileges ($$) from the public treasury. As business and industry continue to leave California (overregulation, outrageous worker's comp costs, etc., ad nauseum), there are more and more victims and fewer and fewer producers. I think the left is fearful of independence, thus the gun grabbing.