CA owes its progress to the laws that ban non-compete agreements. IIRC, the anti gun laws were enacted to prevent black people from getting any real power in the era when segregation existed.
anti gun laws were enacted to prevent black people from getting any real power in the era when segregation existed
Concealed carry bans with discretionary permit exceptions have racist roots (so sheriffs/chiefs could limit permits to "good white folks").
A clear example of CA legislation motivated by race-war fear was when the Black Panther Party demonstrated with long guns with live rounds in them. Until that point, long guns were not considered "loaded" unless a round was chambered. That law was quickly changed, with an Urgency Clause allowing it to take immediate effect.
[0] The recent series "Blue Sky Metropolis" (recommended) discussed the postwar influx of black workers into southern California aircraft plants. They often had to commute long distances because new suburbs were limited to whites, forcing non-whites into areas like Chinatown.