Venting about californians...

[calif 15-22]

I always find these threads about "Californians" interesting as one who was actually born and raised in California.

A large chunk of California's population are transplants from all over the US. These are not "Californians" but Lib Americans who flock to be together with other Libs from all over this country. California is just the place they now reside.

Unfortunately they now outnumber us conservative Californians.

[mlevans66]

Most of this stuff that makes firearm owners mad comes fro the "good" people and politicians from northern Mexico(southern California) and the San Francisco area. I say we just give back to Mexico everything south of Bakersfield, put up a mi9ne field and electric fence and let the SF area fall into the sea. Then the state would be much better than with all the tree hugging pus**ys that are there and control what the rest of us can and cannot do.

I am sorry for those that are real good(firearm and non-handout) people that are trapped in those areas but without those areas the state would be much better off for the rest of us.
Just my 2 cents

You do realize that Camp Pendleton, Miramar Air Base and a huge Navy base is here in San Diego, right? Also one of the largest indoor shooting ranges and they have had a repub mayor for as long as I've been here. They got one lib and he got kicked out of office.

[omgwtfbbq]

California is a state of denial. Denial about reality. 95% of Californians don't live in the real world, they live in the manufactured world conjured up by the tyrants who run the place and the media who feeds them the Tripe that comes out of Sacramento.

May I sig this?

[omgwtfbbq]

The greatest issue I've seen in my time in California (my whole life) is the misrepresentation of the entirety of the state's population as being one thing or the other.

I would agree that as a whole, the majority of Californians are statists at the very least Democratic Socialists, but there is still a substantive minority of people who want .gov out of their lives. The issue is that being that they don't want anyone to tell them how to live their lives, they usually don't want to get on a pulpit and do the same to others. This gives the demo-socialists an artificially enhances perception of superiority.

[readysetgo]

You do realize that Camp Pendleton, Miramar Air Base and a huge Navy base is here in San Diego, right? Also one of the largest indoor shooting ranges and they have had a repub mayor for as long as I've been here. They got one lib and he got kicked out of office.

Butt, butt, butt move to free America and abandon all the deep sea ports and the whole pacific coast! Long term life strategy fail.

[IVC]

Now everyone at my work (and other social settings) are fearful for their safety. Yet these are the same individuals that have (and will be) voting to take guns out of our (law abiding) hands! I don't understand.

No, no, no, you don't understand how it works.

If we had strict gun laws, those three individuals wouldn't be armed. They also wouldn't want to harm anyone with a bat because, you know, bats are not designed to kill a large number of people. If any of the *real* people were confronted by one or more of the three escapees, they would give them a stern look, an earful of moral outrage and, worst of all, they would subject them to an unfaltering post on social media with a sad face and a sign saying "go back to prison you naughty persons."

[JustEd]

This is truely a strange state. They want more gun control but at the same time they are releasing thousands of inmates on early release programs. About 2-3 years ago, California had over 170,000 incarcerated inmates in state prison. Now that number is below 130,000. Over 40,000 inmates released to the streets within 2-3 years through new release programs like AB 109, Prop 47, and Non Violent Second Striker. California does so much for convicts but what have they done for the law abiding citizen?

FUBAR....that is the answer to the question posed in your last sentence.
KALI all FUBAR now!
Sorry for my rant......

[stix213]

Just Venting here, but I need some backup....

All I hear lately, in beautiful Southern California, is how "we need more gun control and how things are getting out of hand with all the shootings and it's because there's too many guns being sold." Yet there are currently 3 VIOLENT, ESCAPED INMATES on the loose no more than 15 minutes away from my house. Now everyone at my work (and other social settings) are fearful for their safety. Yet these are the same individuals that have (and will be) voting to take guns out of our (law abiding) hands! I don't understand.

Maybe I'm the idiot, but it's times like these when I am thankful that I can cook up some popcorn, turn on the notebook, and kick back and clean my colt with small piece of mind that if one of those inmates tried to come in my home, they wouldn't be welcomed nicely. Sound off

Now is probably a good time to remind those people what they are voting for, because this is probably one of those rare times they are open to new ideas with regard to their self defense.

[I Swan]

I always find these threads about "Californians" interesting as one who was actually born and raised in California.

A large chunk of California's population are transplants from all over the US. These are not "Californians" but Lib Americans who flock to be together with other Libs from all over this country. California is just the place they now reside.

Unfortunately they now outnumber us conservative Californians.

CA bashers all over the internet never want to admit this. We act as a pressure release valve for all their assorted psychos and libs and dems. Homosexuals tend to vote dem too and they come to CA a lot. I don't blame them as I'd not want to be a homosexual in small town fly over state America.

I don't consider these people true Californians.

[deadhawg]

"Venting about Californians"?
While I agree the politicians and liberals in San Francisco and LA have royally screwed up this state, don't lump all "Californians" in that category. There are plenty of conservative, gun owning, Second Amendment supporting NRA members here.

It may be an uphill battle, but maybe someday enough people here will wake up to get rid of the political machine that runs this state.

Or maybe the State of Jefferson will be established.

[whipkiller]

Just Venting here, but I need some backup....

All I hear lately, in beautiful Southern California, is how "we need more gun control and how things are getting out of hand with all the shootings and it's because there's too many guns being sold." Yet there are currently 3 VIOLENT, ESCAPED INMATES on the loose no more than 15 minutes away from my house. Now everyone at my work (and other social settings) are fearful for their safety. Yet these are the same individuals that have (and will be) voting to take guns out of our (law abiding) hands! I don't understand.

Maybe I'm the idiot, but it's times like these when I am thankful that I can cook up some popcorn, turn on the notebook, and kick back and clean my colt with small piece of mind that if one of those inmates tried to come in my home, they wouldn't be welcomed nicely. Sound off

Sorry dude, you lost me when you made popcorn and turned on "The Notebook"... WTF Man?!

[SB1964]

Mistake number one...

Never assume "anti" gun folks don't have guns themselves. Not sure why people don't get that.

[Angrysnarf]

Just know that we in the central valley are nothing like those in so cal and central coast/bay area

We have a love for 2a

[Angrysnarf]

This is truely a strange state. They want more gun control but at the same time they are releasing thousands of inmates on early release programs. About 2-3 years ago, California had over 170,000 incarcerated inmates in state prison. Now that number is below 130,000. Over 40,000 inmates released to the streets within 2-3 years through new release programs like AB 109, Prop 47, and Non Violent Second Striker. California does so much for convicts but what have they done for the law abiding citizen?

[Angrysnarf]

We do live in a retarded state indeed