

Southern California OSINT
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@SoCalOSINT
Community focused Intel and news + Some large-scale/breaking events Can't keep myself from the occasional snarky reply. #1A #2A #Privacy #Tech #AI 🌲






For a long time, no new semiautomatic handguns could be sold in California thanks to our so-called Unsafe Handgun Act, which required various "safety features" be included in any handgun sold here (unless they existed prior to those requirements existing and were grandfathered in). While the magazine disconnect and chamber load indicator requirements are annoying and unwanted, they are at least technologically feasible. But the microstamping requirement was not. Because that became required in 2013 thanks to Kamala Harris, our handgun market was essentially frozen in time for a decade. The original Shield was just about the newest semiautomatic handgun you could buy in California, unless you paid a fortune for off-roster guns secondhand (either from a cop, or from someone who moved here from out of state). Boland v. Bonta ended that in 2023. Microstamping was enjoined, and later repealed by the legislature (with plans to possibly bring it back in the future). Now, when a new semiautomatic is added to the roster, it has an asterisk noting it is there due to the Boland injunction. While multiple people did good work on the matter, the Boland case was primarily the brainchild of my former colleague Alex Frank. It was his baby until he left the firm recently. So if you have bought a modern handgun in California in the last couple of years, you have Alex to thank. Well, now he has made a bit of a career shift and opened up a training school called Asset Training Group: "At Asset Training Group, we firmly believe that unless you take concealed carry very seriously, you are more likely to be a liability with your gun than an asset. We want you to be an asset, and we want to help you become one." I encourage everyone in the Los Angeles area who can to use Asset Training Group for their required CCW course. Support those who supported you! While Alex is trying to become an approved trainer for more departments, for now he is an approved instructor for: Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Beverly Hills PD Santa Monica PD Torrance PD Gardena PD





President Donald J. Trump Monitors U.S. Military Operations in Iran: Operation Epic Fury, February 28, 2026










Ignore the Antifa “pro-2A” accounts working overtime to justify violence against law enforcement. No one is buying it, and we will restore law and order on American streets.





