L.A. Set To Repeal Ban On ‘Ultracompact’ Guns

By Tom Knighton

If you judged Los Angeles by what you see from Hollywood, you might be forgiven for thinking the City of Angels prefers its angels heavily armed. The reality, however, couldn’t be more different. The state of California is incredibly hostile to the Second Amendment, even going so far as to create restrictions on ammunition.

There is a bright spot on the horizon. Apparently, L.A. is set to repeal its ban on small, easily concealable firearms.

For more than a decade and a half, Los Angeles has banned the sale of “ultracompact” guns, which lawmakers feared could be more easily hidden by criminals.

Now the city is poised to eliminate that rule in the face of legal warnings from the National Rifle Assn. and the California Rifle & Pistol Assn., which say that the city restrictions have been preempted by state law.

L.A.’s longstanding ban prohibits firearm dealers in the city from selling smaller guns that measure up to 6.75 inches in length and 4.5 inches in height, as well as holsters to carry them.

It also requires dealers to keep records of any sales of ultracompact guns to police officers and other buyers who are not …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms