Frostbite
Blue Belt
I know he's trying to add a touch of humor, but the trouble is, I can't tell what is real in this story.
I don't know if things have changed since I bought my pistol a year ago here in California, but my experience was much different from his.
10 day waiting, of course.
Paperwork, yes. Fortunately, I purchased at a gun shop familiar with the process and known for moving people along through it.
But retinal scan? DNA sample? 45 minute verbal interrogation? Repeat questioning when picking the weapon up?
Hyperbole or honest account of an overly aggressive company policy?
The trouble is, articles like this do just as much harm as good. The gun grabbers can discount the article by pointing to the fact that this is not the accurate process. Credibility is lost as the author is reduced to the boy who cried wolf.
A sober reflection of the actual process is bad enough, so why embellish and weaken the message?
Well, it's definitely an exaggeration for comic effect. I've bought a new handgun within the last 30 days and while it's fairly straightfoward process, it's certainly a lot more forms and paperwork than in my home state of Washington.
The thing that amazes me are the inconsistencies in what's expected of you. In order to buy a handgun here, you need to show your California driver's license but you also need a secondary proof of residence in the form of an auto registration, current residential lease, utility bill, etc. I've bought 5 handguns since I moved here and there's never been a problem with just my license and auto registration. The last time, since the address on my license doesn't match the address on my registration, they wanted an additional proof of residence. My license hasn't matched my registration on any of my previous purchases but suddenly now it's a problem. And I've purchased from this shop before!
I always hear how anti-gun California is but I think it's mostly the laws and lawmakers that are anti-gun. Everyone I've met that knows I'm a gun owner and regular shooter hasn't seemed phased by the fact. I don't know a lot of fellow gun owners but I haven't met any rabid anti-gun people either. It makes me wonder if these laws were allowed to pass because people are truly anti-gun or just apathetic because it doesn't affect them.