Gun control bill in Gov. Brown's hands (LA Times)

[petronius]

On Gov. Jerry Brown's desk is a bid to bar Californians from openly carrying firearms, legislation that could open a new front in the state's decades-old gun control debate.

The measure, aimed at an increasingly popular tactic used by 2nd Amendment activists, would make California the first state since 1987 to outlaw the controversial practice of publicly displaying a weapon.

The governor — a gun owner — has not taken an official position on the bill, passed by the Legislature last week. He has argued both sides of gun control issues in the past.

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Asked last year about a bill similar to Portantino's, Brown told the Contra Costa Times, a Bay Area newspaper, "I want to know how many abuses there have been" that justify the bill. He added, "I always look with some skepticism on changing the way things have been done."

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-guns-20110917,0,6149742.story

The bill has been discussed here before; this article adds a bit about Brown himself. His record doesn't seem to suggest that a signature is a slam-dunk...

[spin]

1. California currently allows the open carry of unloaded firearms ...

which in my opinion is incredibly stupid. (Yes, I do realize that with practice a firearm can be rapidly loaded.)

A much better solution would be to pass "shall issue" concealed carry in California such as allowed in Florida and many other states. This will probably happen in several years.

[PavePusher]

8. Or they could actually start to allow loaded open carry...

which no other state has had a problem with.

[wtmusic]

2. Taking a long view, Jerry Brown is seldom wrong about anything.

If he vetos this bill there's a good reason.

[ileus]

3. Shut down those rude toters and their nasty habit of strapping a gun or two on their hip.

[Hoyt]

4. Sounds like that is what people want. I agree with them.

[TheWraith]

5. Right, that's why 41 states guarantee the right. It's because people want it restricted.

:eyes:

[Hoyt]

6. First, we are talking California. Second, people need to be aware of what the "gun toter culture"

is doing and how it will impact us long-term.

I hope the 96+% who don't carry will begin realizing there are people out here who wake up every morning trying to decide it the need the special gun for shooting people fleeing a disaster, or some guy in a car, or through a wall, or shooting someone at long distance, etc. It must be tough deciding what to carry.

[AtheistCrusader]

7. It must be tough putting together a coherent sentence.

[PavePusher]

9. Please feel free to elaborate.

"...people need to be aware of what the "gun toter culture" is doing and how it will impact us long-term."

[ileus]

10. Should have called it the anti-rude impolite nasty habit toter bill.