I get it now. I'm sure i'm the last of you all to grasp this, but here it is anyway. CA and other state legislators want to ban guns and make our lives miserable. They know it won't help, and its irrelevant anyway. These people have careers. Some of them are younger men and nothing would help them out more than having another "legislation accomplished" badge on their vest to add to their resume. Thats all it is for most of these people. They want to be a doer, a go getter, a guy who gets things done so they can progress and be trusted with other tasks as someone who can get it done despite the blowback.
Saying that you wrote a law and got it passed and accepted as law, despite so many opposing it, would certainly win you some impressive status points.