In a surprise to virtually nobody, 2025 began with a number of liberal states implementing more anti-gun, anti-civil liberty, and anti-Second Amendment laws.
Three such laws went into effect in California on January 1:
AB 1483 removes an exemption for private party transactions from the prohibition of purchasing more than one firearm every 30 days. In plain English: California prohibits an individual from purchasing more than one firearm every 30 days. There used to be an exemption for this for private party sales. No more.
None of these provisions apply to law enforcement… naturally.
AB 1598 requires firearm dealers and instructors to provide firearms purchasers and applicants for a firearms safety certificate with a pamphlet that discusses, “…the increased risk of death to someone in the household by suicide, homicide, or unintentional injury”
Strangely, it also allows dealers and instructors to be able to charge for that document.
AB 2917 is essentially an open-ended red flag law that invokes subjective criteria like “hate-based threats made against groups protected by hate crime laws and threats of violence to advance political objectives,” to allow the state to issue Gun Violence Restraining Orders (GVROs).
“California won’t wait until the next school shooting or mass shooting to act,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a news release. “In the absence of congressional action, our state is once again leading the way by strengthening our nation-leading gun laws.”
In other words, California will continue to trample people’s Constitutional rights unless checked by the federal government, lawsuits, or superior force (which we have yet to see occur).
Meanwhile, over in Colorado, which is quickly becoming over-run with Communist-style government officials and Venezuelan gangs, the following pro-criminal law went into effect on January 1:
HB24-1348 makes it illegal for a lawful possessor of a handgun to leave said gun inside an unoccupied vehicle in Colorado unless it’s in a locked, hard-sided container that is out of plain view, and the vehicle is locked.
Firearms other than handguns also have to be locked up, but soft-sided containers are OK. We also fail to follow the logic.
Again, these provisions don’t apply to law enforcement.
2025 will no doubt continue to bring an onslaught of such infringements, but we are hopeful that under the new administration, and with the help of our many Second Amendment rights groups (see our home page), that there will be a legal environment that continues to warm to and support our collective rights enshrined in the Constitution.
