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How Many Years in a California Prison Will You Get For Your Guns?



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We recently came across a hilarious calculator online from Gun Grabbing Memes for the Tacticool Scene that lets you calculate how many years your maximum sentence would be for owning and selling firearms and accessories under current California Gun control law.

And to add to the fun, probably more guns than you think fall under Cali's AWB. Just about any AR and most pistols qualify as an assault-weapon in California.

We took the extra step of embedding it here so we can all play. However, we noticed that the host, Calconic, does add a cookie when you respond. We reached out to them to see what data they do, or do not store, and have yet to receive a response. So, if you want to be safe, reopen this page in an incognito browser window before answering any of the questions below.

 

 

Iain would undoubtedly have the highest score on the team, but if sentenced to the maximum with no parole and all sentences served consecutively? I'll be eligible for parole in 1,173 years.

Hopefully, I'd get some time off for good behavior.

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