Quite frankly I am quite dismayed at the amount of animosity and assumptions stemming from you folks just based off of where someone is from. It is unbecoming and not at all what I would expect from a community whose #1 rule is "be excellent to each other"
I was born and raised in Kali, I've been shunned, kicked out of school multiple times because of my pro 2a stance, as well as ostrisized from multiple groups. Ive worked blue collar my whole life, joined and served honorably in the Marine Corps. Haven't even once asked anything of the state I reside in, Yet this is the aditude I get faced with when folks ask about where I'm from, just because I'm a transplant.
As a transplant the only thing I ask is a fair shake before you immediately blame me just based off of where I came from, this has happened frequently at various city meetings and quite frankly isn't helping the 2a community at all. If anything your intentionally creating animosity amongst potential comrades.
Well, all I can say is I'm truly sorry you feel dismay. I would say you are NOT one of the californians that are being trashed. I'm sure there are many that are not the problem.
I came here from Utah in 1983 and loved the left, progressive attitude of Portland, and also loved the rural, more right, conservative style. I was always in the middle. Not so much any more.