Many people don’t realize that gun control has a long history in oppressive political regimes. Totalitarian governments, whether labeled dictators, fascists, communists, or anything else, universally seek to keep their citizens from having firearms.
Now, sometimes they are able to implement gun control immediately (usually after seizing power). Sometimes, though, in the lead up to their absolute control, they will take small, consistent steps to take away gun rights from people.
Much the same way that anti-2A people in the U.S. do now.
And true to form, the government of California is pushing their relentless gradualism in an effort to become the most repressive state in the Union. Sadly, a court recently ruled to help them to do that. Zachary Stieber writes,
A federal judge has upheld a California law that restricts young adults from buying guns, finding that the statute fits within the nation’s historical tradition of gun regulations.
California penal code Section 27510 bars federal gun dealers from selling or otherwise giving possession of guns to people younger than age 21. The law does allow 18- to 20-year-olds to buy certain types of guns if they obtain a hunting license, are serving in the military, or were honorably discharged from the armed forces.
Some young adults and gun rights groups challenged the law, arguing that it violated the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment.
Now, unless this case is appealed, this is a final ruling on this issue, which is outrageous.
The judge said that the California law is legal because 18 year olds can buy other types of firearms in certain situations in California.
But the Second Amendment doesn’t place any restrictions on gun ownership, and this ruling is clearly wrong.
Hopefully the plaintiff will appeal this ruling, and the people of California will get some relief. They’ve certainly been through enough.
