I was stationed there for a while on the Central Coast area... it's probably the most conservative (relatively, of course) part of the state. I never planned on having the police over for dinner (or for a search of my house, for that matter) so I didn't worry too much about their nonsense gun laws... Of course, that's IF I had any guns while I lived there.
Hypothetically speaking: Being a resident of another state with a military ID, I could have skirted some of the requirements pretty easily (For example, a requirement to register a handgun with the state within 60 days of arriving... I did a lot of traveling back to my home state and could have easily and reasonably brought a handgun back to Commifornia on any of those trips, therefore not exceeding the 60 day requirement to register. This is just one of many hypothetical examples of ways to avoid unconstitutional gun laws. )
It's too bad too, because California is such a beautiful place. What a waste...![]()