Sorry! I was born in North Island Naval Base, San Diego, and my home of record is Fairfield, CA. I left in 1989 and never looked back. My wife and I still have families throughout California and enjoy vists from time to time.
The volume of regulatory nonsense in CA is unfathomable. I was born in LA and moved to the Bay Area and escaped 55 years later. I feel for you.
I don't want to start a CA bashing, just that it's very frustrating. I was born in L.A. also, I hate it. My son graduated from UCLA and he likes it down there, one of his high school friends built a successful beauty supplies company on the web. He lived right around the corner from us.
Hah! Fairfield is where Captain Hairdo has been living, he had a $3.5M home that was gifted to him by his business partner, and he coincidently forgot to claim it on his taxes...imagine that?
I know CA is bad, but I'm kinda stuck here as my property is in Lake County. It is very different up there, trust me. It has some of the cleanest air in CA and only requires smog testing when you purchase a vehicle. But now diesels are under attack also.
On a different note, do you guys know if you pay the same as CA does to buy powder from BassPro? I was just looking at powder, which is way worse than Sportsman's Warehouse, which charges $60/lb for all Hodgdon powder. BassPro is $67.99. What do you show for your state at this link, it is the same?
$64.99 for H4381SC, I just bought 4 lbs from a local mom/pop for $54.95.
Do you guys show those outrageous prices? They charge hazmat also, but will let you search local stores to see if it's in stock. Granted we don't need many bullets for hunting, but that's besides the point. Powder is going through the roof. And nobody has primers in my area.
PS - I like Thomas Sowell, and Milton Friedman also, his late mentor.