Yesterday, after finishing qualifying students on the range, I decided to purchase another pistol. I paid for the gun, completed the paperwork, and left the store without the gun.

Since I'm in California, I have to wait ten days before I can pick it up. They call it a "cooling off period". As I understand it, the ten days is to allow me to "cool off" in case I'm purchasing the gun with an intention to use it for some violent act.

The problem with that idea is pretty simple when you consider that I was legally carrying a gun when I bought the new one. In fact, I had to provide my California CCW permit in order to avoid having to take the little test required for what California calls a "Firearms Safety Certificate".

Since California required me to provide my CCW permit, the state knows that I already have guns and that I actually carry one on my person in public. This leads me to an inescapable conclusion. State leaders are too stupid to understand this basic truth. If I wanted to use a gun for some criminal act, I could use the gun I was carrying. I wouldn't need the new one.

So, tell me again... why am I being forced to wait ten days?