The state of California isn’t a big fan of anyone having a gun. That’s especially true of adults under the age of 21, apparently, despite an exception in state law that allows those very same people to buy a gun if they have a valid hunting license.
While the state doesn’t seem interested in ending that exception, what they’re considering might be even dumber.
A California Democrat responsible for some of the state’s strictest gun control laws wants to tighten oversight of hunting licenses through a proposed law that he says was inspired by a shooting last year at a San Diego County synagogue.
State Sen. Anthony J. Portantino, D-La Cañada Flintridge, introduced legislation on Monday to require the state Department of Justice and gun retailers to determine the legitimacy of hunting licenses issued for people under 21 before a gun is purchased.