Chuck Michel, an attorney for the California Rifle and Pistol Association, said gun rights groups originally supported the creation of the program because it was designed to get guns out of the hands of violent criminals and felons.
"The CAPP program is good in theory," Michel said. "In practice, however, there are now so many complicated ways to lose your gun rights over paperwork and minor violations that many lawyers don't understand the system and many people don't even realize they're prohibited.
"Regrettably, CAPP is frequently being misused against these minor offenders who have often been misadvised about their legal status."
...is paved with what kind of intentions again? They really couldn't see this one coming?
And what "minor offenders"? The "Authorized Journalists" told us right up front this was designed to round up "California's most violent gun-toting felons"...
I'd like to know all the "gun rights groups" that threw their support behind this--as well as the ones that didn't.
[Via Bruce Mills]