[DON WALKUP]

tree doc ... i'm with you. my wife and i are looking oustide of california for a place to call home.

you guys have to remember, california does have a horrible problem with gangs and illegal immigrants and our 'legislators' here are of the mindset that ALL must be penalized, not just the offenders.

theebadone ... we have bill lockyer a horribly anti-gun state attorney general who's pushing the passage of this legislation. he also pushed the ill fated "ballistic fingerprinting". i believe it's an attempt to grab power by him and all the paranoid anti-gun liberal 'legislators' who want despartely to have 'iron fist' rule.

yes if passed, i'm sure it will have devistating affect on the firearms industry within california as i understand the laser technology is very expensive. i think a manufacturer will just opt to cross california off it's customer list over tooling up to laser engrave each bullet or case.

and it's correct the engraving can be defeated by a file, changing the firing pin, etc. however, that's not the point. the point is if you defeat it, it's a felony prison conviction.

i'm not sure about schwarzenegger ... he did sign the ab50 (banning the .50 BMG rifle) and he's being hamstrung by a democrat liberal senate at every move.

when he was installed as governor, the speaker of the house openly stated they would "test him by introducing much anti-gun legislation."

california is in deep trouble as long as the liberals control the senate.