The law is never something to take lightly especially when the specific law is set in place to prevent the loss of human life. Gun control laws have a basis set by the federal government and are expanded upon by each individual state as they deem fit. Federal gun laws and state gun laws have their similarities and differences, but both are set in place as a barrier of protection against those who could cause bodily harm to others if equipped with such power that a gun holds. The U.S federal Government has its own set of regulations concerning firearms and the state of California builds upon them to create a stronger gun policy, meaning both sets of codes and regulations have similarities and differences, but no matter the differences, these laws are set in place to prevent massacres like the Las Vegas, Nevada shooting, and while California gun laws are built upon federal laws, they can be improved for a safer more controlled environment.
Federal gun laws are the foundation for state laws and the building blocks for more advanced restrictions set by individual
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According to code section 202.253, et seq. in the Nevada law the only illegal arms are metal penetrating bullets, short barreled rifles and shotguns, machine guns and silencers and a firearm with an altered serial number, there is no waiting period for the purchase of a weapon (unless it's for a concealed permit) and no policy pertaining to the registering of rifles with the ATF, so the shooter was able to purchase more than 33 firearms in less than a year. These loose policies allowed one man to own enough weapons to supply a small militia, who knows how many more individuals are carrying that same