Speaking from the games in Rio de Janeiro, U.S. Olympic shooter Kim Rhode said she is pro-concealed carry and against the plethora of new gun controls passed by California lawmakers and signed by Governor Jerry Brown (D).Rhode intimated that some find it strange that an Olympian speaks out on political issues back home, but she believes the times demand it. She said, “I’m definitely becoming more vocal because I see the need.” We just had six laws that were passed in California that will directly affect me. For example, one of them being an ammunition law. I shoot 500 to 1,000 rounds a day, having to do a background check every time I purchase ammo or when I bring ammo out for a competition or a match – those are very, very challenging for me. Rhode is referencing the six gun controls Brown signed into law on July 1, part of what was referred to as “gunpocalypse.” That legislation included a bill that outlawed the possession of “high capacity” magazines and another which expanded the state’s “assault weapons” ban. It included another bill that requires ammunition purchasers to go through a background check every time they purchase ammunition. Ammunition background checks will certainly be used to build a database on ammo owners in the same way that California has used firearm purchaser background checks and firearm registration to compile a database on gun owners. Rhode sees hindrances to freedom at every turn with these new gun laws–not hindrances to criminals, but to law-abiding citizens. This California statewide gun ban is pretty much a copy of gun laws in Chicago, and the bad part about it California will soon likely become a statewide Chicago like society. Pretty soon we will see every city in the state of California turn into war zone like environments. The fact that this gun ban is statewide and the land of street gangs, the state of California's homicide rate will likely increase 100 percent or greater over the coming years unless something is done about it. The times demand we start talking about the massive gun laws that affect the state of California, before it's new gun laws destroy the state of California like they have in Chicago. In the coming months police officers in California will become one of the nations busiest police forces, because if it's one thing the criminals love it's knowing that residents are unarmed and not allowed to defend themselves with firearms.
