Continuing in the California tradition of attacking the state’s really big problems, Governor Moonbeam signed a bill on Friday that bans long gun open carry. Assemblyman Anthony Pantload Portantino says he wrote the bill after protestors began carrying long guns to protest an earlier Golden State law that outlawed the open carry of unloaded handguns. “‘This shows an unequivocal commitment from law enforcement and state government to ensure the public safety of families in our neighborhoods and public places,’ Portantino said, adding it allows law enforcement to ‘focus on pressing duties free from the threat of an ‘open carry’ stop spiraling out of control or turning deadly.'” Californians’ will do doubt thrill to the immediate and perceptible dip in violent crime the new law is sure to bring about.