the sad thing is: the difference in property and state income tax alone will probably get you that extra 20%. Then you throw in things like rent/mortgage being at least half if not a quarter of the cost here, and groceries being a whole lot cheaper, and your salary goes a lot further! Moving out of California is a lot like getting a 25% pay raise. And the cool thing is YOU can do whatever the hell you want with YOUR money that you saved. Want to blow it all on health or child care, go right ahead!

Let's see, just off the top of my head we have the norway shootings which were performed by illegal weapons, and many many many that go on every day in mexico despite everything being banned. "But Mexico got those guns in the US!" I hear you say? They did do that with the direct involvement of the ATF and Justice departments under operation "Fast and Furious." The gun dealers repeatedly called the ATF to cancel the sales, but were strong armed into cooperation with the threat of a lost license. I suspect that you are basing your Utopian dream of gun control on the UK and Australia. Neither country has shown a statistically significant decrease in the crime rates. http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/crime-research/hosb0611/hosb0611?view=Binary http://www.snopes.com/crime/statistics/ausguns.asp Any new legislation will not increase the safety of the average US person. It will cost more tax money to enforce these laws, in a society where law enforcement spending already eclipses most other budget items. Why don't we instead use our efforts and tax dollars to do something much more meaningful. Lets increase access to mental healthcare by rolling back the Reagan cuts. Adam might have been fine if he had been able to get help for his condition.