California has a whole lot of them - far to many to feasibly be written out here. Basically, if it's a centerfire rifle feeding from a detachable magazine, it can't have any features indicative of a military-style rifle, and the receiver must be from a manufacturer which hasn't been specifically banned by the California Department of Justice. A handgun which was designed to have a magazine capacity of more than 10 rounds is likewise most likely to be illegal, even with ban compliant ten round magazines.
People that already obey the law.
California traditionally has been among states with the worst reputation in regards to the rights of gun owners. So, short answer, yes.
The adminsitrative law of the church. Canon means rule. It has nothing to do with gun control.
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There is no rational reason to implement a law against a tool.
Brady Bill
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California does not require that you "go thru a dealer". However, IF you are buying a gun from outside the State of California, it must come to a dealer in California. That has been Federal law since 1968.
Federal law mandates that you be at least 18 to purchase a long gun.
Buying a gun from a dealer is controlled by Federal law- 18 for a rifle or shotgun, 21 for a handgun.
Your question asks for an opinion. My opinion is that gun control laws are based on a flawed belief that a person who will break laws regarding murder, robbery and rape will obey another law that says they may not have a gun. There are already about 20,000 Federal, State, and local gun laws on the books in the US. Gun control laws frequently do little except keep law abiding people from being able to defend themselves.
Depending on how you define expansive, in the US that would be the 1934 National Firearms Act, or the 1968 Gun Control Act.