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While on a business trip I just happened to stop in at a gun shop in Selma, CA this afternoon. Joe, the counterman, and I were discussing CA laws and how they compared to TX. He informed me of CAs change to "shall issue". The county Fresno is in is taking about a year for all the paperwork to go through. Tulare Co is a few months. To buy a pistol (firearm?) you have to take a gun safety class. For the CCW you have to take a class and qualify with all the firearms you wish to carry. There are only a few handguns on the "approved" list. To get on the list the manufaturer has to pay a fee to CA.

They have a 10 round limit on (all?) handguns and "assualt" weapons. On top of the 10-round limit, AR and AKs have what is akin to a child-safety lock on the magazine release. You have to use a tool of some sort to activate the magazine release. This is to prevent being able to quickly swap mags. The "tool" could be a screwdriver or the tip of a bullet. From what I saw the AR has a recessed button in the magazine release that you have to depress before you can depress the mag release. The AK had a cage around the release with a slot in the bottom requiring a screwdriver of similar to be used to trip the mag release.

What I found mildly surprising and refreshing was it seems most rural Californians think pretty much like the rest of us "rural" folks. The big cities make asinine laws that ruin it for the normal folks.

As a sidenote, Selma reminded me of some little town like Coleman. Still has a lot of that yesteryear atmosphere to it.

If you have occasion to stop into Central Valley Guns in Selma (or have friends or relatives in the area) I was highly impressed and would recommend them.