Having lived in SoCal for 50 years, sorry, can't let this go unanswered...
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From: Eric Linnhoff <eric10mm@qni.com>
>especially never, ever Los Angelos.
Los Angeles, per se, is only a small part of SoCal. SoCal is nearly solid
city from north of Los Angeles to the Mexican border (200+ miles). There
are some bad areas, and lots of nice areas.
>
>Mind you, I've never been to any of these places but I've got friends and
>family that live there and I watch the news each evening.
And you really believe the evening news is representative of any area as a
whole? For every negative story reported, there are probably 1000 positive
things going on, but they aren't "news worthy".
>
>I happen to enjoy my sporting firearms but California is too
>unconstitutionally restrictive about letting law abiding, honest, tax
>paying, intelligent (shut-up Mike), responsible citizens like me own these
>perfectly safe items, "cuz they are the weapons of choice for criminals".
>To that I say, Bull Hockey!!!! To quote another, "Ted Kennedy's car has
>killed more people than my guns ever have, leave me alone".
>
No problem with "sporting firearms", just don't think hand guns and fully
auto weapons qualify. They were made with one primary purpose, to kill
people (Yes, I know there are some hand guns made for competitive shooting).
And no, I'm no anti-gun fanatic. As an ex-Marine/Vietnam vet I'm quite
familiar with guns.
>And that C.A.R.B is just plain a pain in the butt to hot rodders. ;^)
Can't disagree there......
>
>Sorry, rant mode off.
>
>On a lighter note however, I do hear California, especially the southern
>parts, has quite nice weather most of the year but there are just too many
>laws that conflict with my personal beliefs, opinions and hobbies to ever
>live there let alone visit for any length of time.
Funny, I don't seem to feel that my personal freedoms are all that
restricted compared to any where else in the USA. (With the exception of
CARB, of course)
Down off my soapbox.....
IMVHO
Rick Brown
GT2/AP 240Z
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