As the gun control discussion heats up in the wake of the Florida school shooting, California’s efforts provide a cautionary lesson for the rest of the country.
Steven Greenhut writes:
An Associated Press report last week sounded rather shocking. State authorities conducted a raid in Los Angeles, where they “seized more than two dozen guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition” from a man who had reportedly been barred from owning firearms. Predictably, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) bemoaned a lack of funding and a long backlog in the state’s ability to collect such weapons.
“The thousands of weapons we’ve confiscated over the years essentially represent the low-hanging fruit,” Becerra said. Expect a push for more power and resources for the state Department of Justice, even though its gun-confiscation system may be fraught with error. Gun-rights groups say 35 percent to 60 percent of the people on the Armed Prohibited Persons System shouldn’t be on the list.
The latest news says much about the perils of gun registration (or our system that is not called registration, but is awfully close to it), about the failure of agencies to maintain updated lists and protect our liberties, and about the counterproductive approach from the people we most expect to protect our gun rights. On the last point, I’m referring to California Republicans.
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