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  • California’s Anti-Gun “A” Grade Can’t Stop TragedyJanuary 25, 2023
    Targeting the Good Guys Won’t Stop the Bad Guys An “A” grade.  What everyone wants, right? NOPE. How can anyone (that’s you, Governor Newsom),…
  • Climbing the Gun Control Mountain: The Summit of Failure AwaitsJanuary 12, 2023
    “…we go ahead and make laws because we’re California and WE DO IT ANYWAYS…” It’s a head-scratcher. Why would state legislatures across the country…
  • CAGOP: Giving Second Amendment Voters the Cold ShoulderDecember 13, 2022
    I’m going to make this short and sweet.  The California Republican Party doesn’t seem to care one lick about their base of voters –…

Posts by L.A. Paredes

$11 Million Lost in CalPERS Anti-Gun Political Correctness

June 26, 2019 | 2

We all know nervous-nellies who have a near panic attack at the mention of the word “gun” or God forbid, actually seeing the real thing. And ridiculous though it may…

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Big Daddy Unruh Was Right – Resolutions Are Worthless!

June 14, 2019

News flash:  the California Legislature spends an awful lot of time on an awful lot of nothing. Like sending ridiculous “resolutions” to Congress, urging the feds to require background checks…

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Ready or Not: What You Need to Know About CA’s New Ammo Registration Scheme

May 29, 2019 | 142

When July 1, 2019 rolls around, there are going to be a lot of people caught unaware when they find out they have to provide everything but their firstborn kid…

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WHO KNEW? 2% of American Counties Account for 51% of Murders Nationwide BUT 54% Had No Murders at All (We did…)

May 22, 2019 | 7

Fear mongering is one of the best tools the Left has – especially when it comes to the 2nd Amendment. Anything and everything is open game, no matter how scary…

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What’s More Terrifying: An Armed Teacher or Active Shooter?

May 15, 2019 | 3

What’s more terrifying? Your kid facing a deranged teenager with a gun, or simply knowing someone on campus is well trained and oh, by the way, armed? That should be…

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It’s the EVIL Club: NO ONE Should EVER be Gunned Down – Especially in Worship

May 2, 2019 | 2

“Please arm yourself when you are here; we never know when we will need it.’” How many new stories about the synagogue shooting led off with that comment?  Yet that’s…

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“PREDICTIVE POLICING in California” – Are YOU a Future Criminal?

April 24, 2019 | 5

Those who joke about comparing Senator Jackson’s SB 55 to the movie Minority Report might need to rethink a few things.  Was it really simply a science fiction thriller and…

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A Day at the Capitol, and I Need a Shower

April 11, 2019 | 4

By Sam Paredes GOC Executive Director and Lobbyist As soon as I left the Capitol on Tuesday I drove straight home, barreling too fast down the highway.  I was eager…

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The Bump Stock Ban: MUCH More At Stake Than Most Realize

March 28, 2019 | 2

Banning bump stocks – what’s next?  Rubber bands?  Bungee cords?  Belt loops? As pleased as we’ve been with having a huge 2nd Amendment advocate in the White House, and an…

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California Gun Ownership Doubles! OH NO!

March 14, 2019 | 1

When it was reported this week that in ten short years the number of gun owners in California has more than doubled, the anti-gun crowd must have been spittin’ nails. …

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