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Why the Gun Lobby Is Terrified of California

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Rightwingconspirator2/11/2013 6:28:29 am PST

The bullet button will make no difference on the ground. But that is small potatoes.

I disagree with one of the proposals strongly.

Require CalPERS and CalSTRS, two of the nation’s largest pension funds, to divest from companies that make, sell, or market firearms or ammunition.

That has nothing to do with crime, safety, the gun accident rate or anything else gun death related. It’s unabashed grandstanding and a raw appeal for votes from the left. The vast majority of gun sales are to legit owners buying under strict rules here, police and military. Is California going to refrain from investing in Raytheon, or Boeing? How about Lockheed? No? Why not? They make weapons

That law is all about treating law abiding companies that are required to follow many regulations as if they were apartheid supporters or part of a nation we have sanctions against like North Korea or Iran. This is to create a false impression-That these are rogue or illegal companies. They are not. They are highly regulated manufacturers. Leading suppliers to law enforcement.