You’re right that well regulated back then meant organized and trained. But that still requires verification somehow right? Rosters, musters and inspections?
We both agree the warrant guy shouldn’t have had those guns and he may have bought legally. But he became prohibited the second the warrant hit. CA already runs a system that flags legal owners who later get disqualified. That’s the layer past point of sale.
He’s in jail and the system worked. The real issue is enforcement not whether checks help. Do we get rid of checks?
No, that does not require verification, rosters, musters, or inspections. You can be organized and trained without any of those.
Again, non sequitur argument proposal.
Not necessarily, I do not agree with the premise that he "shouldn't have had the guns."
Based on the charges those were all legally acquired, again, given the lack of being charged with unlawful possession of a firearm.
The first, and only, arrest warrant was for "Vandalism $5000 Or More". They were taken into custody during the traffic stop, so there's only a single warrant for arrest.
Even though that charge could be either a felony or misdemeanor; there was no conviction, that I'm aware of, which is the deciding factor there.
Warrant -> arrest -> court -> ruling (non/conviction)
A vandalism charge could very well be dropped to misdemeanor.
The new pending charges following his arrest, those will likely prevent them from possessing a firearm.
No, the system did not work given the premise of preventing those initial crimes from occurring.
Nothing prevented him from committing crimes with those legally acquired firearms.
It will only prevent him from legally acquiring more firearms in the future,
if he's convicted with any of the potential felonies he's charged with.
Your statement that "
But he became prohibited the second the warrant hit." is objectively false. A warrant is not a conviction.
Generally, there is no automatic firearm possession prohibition based solely on those facts.
This is in no way implying or arguing to remove checks either.
As for the state of the guns, I've already established previously that the configuration as an "assault weapon" and the "high capacity" magazines
* violate current California law.
* standard capacity compared to our substandard 10 round CA mags.
Edit: The average citizen owning firearms does not depend on having a militia. But a militia does depend on average citizens owning firearms. It is a precursor to having a militia in the first place. The logical order of operations and conditions is critical to consider when approaching this topic.