California gun owners already play by a different rulebook than the rest of us — but Newsom just added a few chapters worth paying attention to even if you've never set foot in the state.

"AB 2047 — mandates 3D printers sold or used in the state include blocking technology to prevent printing firearm components, with penalties for anyone who defeats it."

Here's the part that actually affects you: California's market is large enough that manufacturers may just build the restriction into every printer they ship nationwide. You're in Idaho, home manufacturing is completely legal, and you could still end up with a California-spec machine because it was cheaper to build one version. That's how this stuff travels.

"SB 948 puts new California residents in an impossible spot — a four-hour course with live fire is barely enough time to safely handle a firearm, let alone qualify on marksmanship the government has no constitutional authority to demand in the first place."

Four hours is a Sunday morning at the range for most of us — not a credentialing session. The idea that you could move across a state line and suddenly need government approval to keep a firearm you already own legally is exactly the kind of mechanism that looks reasonable on paper until someone fails the test and loses their property.

Has anyone here dealt with firearm laws in a state you moved to or traveled through — where the local rules put you in a gray area with a gun you owned completely legally at home?

Read the full article in The Handbook → | By Steve Duskett