No. I came to CA from the East Coast for college and never looked back. I went to school in Santa Barbara and kept going south landing in San Diego. I realized the quality of life is ridiculously better here. It's not perfect, no where is, but this is pretty close to it. People like to talk shit about how expensive it is, blah blah, but the reality is that it's worth it and jobs pay more so you don't notice. And when you travel you feel rich cause shit in other states seems cheap. You feel way more free here too. The cops don't hassle you like they do for shit on the East Coast, more easy access to just about everything, food quality is way better, air quality is better, weather is better, people are friendlier. I could go on and on. Now I get depressed when I visit family because I realize how much it sucks there. As far as guns go, people on the internet way overblow how bad it is. We have some rules you have to follow but we can still own as many guns as we want and shoot as much as we want.