California

On August 11 a friend of mine from back East texted me and I responded that I was deer hunting. “Boddington,” he came back, “it’s August…around here we call that poaching!” On the surface, it seems crazy. Here on the Central Coast, August temperatures soar above 100 degrees and wildfires are headline news. Even so, it’s deer season! The “coast zone” rifle deer season opens the second Saturday in August. This year opening day was the 11th; it could open as early as August 8…but never later than the 14th. This is the earliest rifle deer season in the Lower 48!

No one is surprised that the California gun registration website crashed and burned last week, but that doesn’t make it any better for the thousands of Golden State gun owners who unwillingly (or unwittingly) became criminals on July 1.

The California DOJ has charged Jeffery Scott Kirschenmann with 12 felonies after he uploaded a picture of an “illegally modified” rifle in an attempt to comply with the state’s new registration requirements.

California gun owners are responding to the sweeping, deeply controversial new gun laws with a combination of creative submission and noncompliance.

Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and Assemblyman David Chiu have introduced new legislation in California that expand the Assault Weapons Control Act, or AWCA, that would block the use of bullet buttons and severely restrict semi-automatic rifle ownership.

California has officially begun implementation of their soon-to-be statewide ban on all lead ammunition for hunting purposes.