re: #141 EmmaAnne

I am perplexed by the idea that California has strong gun control or really any gun control. I lived in Los Angeles and owned a handgun, and I never had to register it and I wasn’t required to have a safe or a trigger lock or any training or … anything. What is this gun control of which these people speak.

When did you live in LA?

There is no weapon registration, but you do need a Handguns Safety Card to buy a new handgun in CA. CA limits buyers to one new handgun a month and LA City broadens that to any handgun, new or used/consigned. LA also has a ban on the sale of ultra compact handguns and accessories for ultra compacts. LA requires that you keep your gun locked up either in a safe or with a trigger lock, and that you report any sales or losses of weapons within a short period of time. If your gun is stolen, you don’t report it and it’s used in a crime the LA prosecutor will come after you. If it’s stolen and it comes out that you didn’t have it locked up, you’re open to prosecution.

This may not sound like much, but it’s far stricter than most other places in the nation except Chicago and DC.