Many people conflate the Firearms Industry and Gun Rights. The Firearms Industry is not automatically Pro 2nd Amendment. People seem to forget that.
He is a type 7 FFL/Manufacturer and that exempts him from a lot of California's gun control laws. Plus his connections to Hollywood take it one step further.

Since he's tied to being the go to trainer for Hollywood. He's wiggled his way into the exemptions.

"The provisions listed in Section 16590 do not apply to any instrument or device.which is possessed or used during the course of a motion picture, television, or video production or entertainment event" (Penal Code 17720.)

In California, "A person commits criminal possession of a firearm when the person carries a firearm in a public place or on any public street while masked so as to hide the person's identity." (Penal Code 25300(a).) But that doesn't apply to Hollywood there's an exception for the "possession of an unloaded firearm or a firearm loaded with blank ammunition by an authorized participant in, or while rehearsing for, a motion picture, television, video production, entertainment event, entertainment activity, or lawfully organized and conducted activity when the participant lawfully uses the firearm as part of that production, event, or activity." 25300(b)(4).)

California generally bans people from carrying a concealed firearm. (Penal Code 25400.) But "Section 25400 does not apply to, or affect.The possession of a firearm by an authorized participant in a motion picture, television, or video production, or an entertainment event, when the participant lawfully uses the firearm as part of that production or event, or while going directly to, or coming directly from, that production or event," or the "transportation of a firearm by an authorized employee or agent of a supplier of firearms when going directly to, or coming directly from, a motion picture, television, or video production, or an entertainment event, for the purpose of providing that firearm to an authorized participant to lawfully use as a part of that production or event."

"Section 26350" California's ban on "openly carrying an unloaded handgun" "does not apply to, or affect, the open carrying of an unloaded handgun by an authorized participant in, or an authorized employee or agent of a supplier of firearms for, a motion picture, television or video production" (Penal Code 26375.)

California generally bans the "unloaded open carry" of firearms that are not handguns, too. (Penal Code 26400.) But there's a special exemption for "an authorized participant in, or an authorized employee or agent of a supplier of firearms for, a motion picture, television, or video production or entertainment event, when the participant lawfully uses that firearm as part of that production or event, as part of rehearsing or practicing for participation in that production or event, or while the participant or authorized employee or agent is at that production or event, or rehearsal or practice for that production or event." (Penal Code 26405(r).)

"Section 26500" the law requiring firearm transfers to be conducted through a licensed gun dealer "does not apply to the loan of an unloaded firearm or the loan of a firearm loaded with blank cartridges for use solely as a prop for a motion picture, television, or video production or entertainment or theatrical event." (Penal Code 26580.)

Penal Code 27505(a) holds that "No person, corporation, or firm shall sell, loan, or transfer a firearm to a minor, nor sell a handgun to an individual under 21 years of age." But then the State allows a parent or non-parent to loan a minor a handgun "for the purposes of.a motion picture, television, or video production, or entertainment or theatrical event, the nature of which involves the use of a firearm," for "the amount of time that is reasonably necessary to engage in.a motion picture, television, or video production, or entertainment or theatrical event, the nature of which involves the use of a firearm." (Penal Code 27505(b)(5),(6).)

In the Golden State, "No person shall make an application to purchase more than one handgun within any 30-day period." (Penal Code 27535(a).) (That's the 1-in-30 handgun ban.) But that law doesn't apply to "Any motion picture, television, or video production company or entertainment or theatrical company whose production by its nature involves the use of a firearm." (Penal Code 27535(b)(6).)

Penal Code 27540 requires, among other things, that the delivery of firearms be subject to a 10-day waiting period. But not if "the firearm is unloaded" and the loan is "made by a dealer," "to a person who possesses a valid entertainment firearms permit," and the "firearm is loaned solely for use as a prop in a motion picture, television, video, theatrical, or other entertainment production or event." (Penal Code 27745.)

Penal Code 27835 exempts Hollywood from the importation and reporting of firearm transfers through the "California Firearms Application Reporting System (CFARS)" system seePenal Code 27555 if the transfer is "to or from a person who has a valid entertainment firearms permit and the transfer involves the loan or return of a firearm used solely as a prop in a television, film, or theatrical production."

California requires (at Penal Code 31615) that people who are loaned firearms have a valid Firearms Safety Certificate (or "FSC"). (An FSC is something people can get after paying a fee and taking a test about gun safety and current laws from a DOJ-licensed instructor.) But Penal Code 31815 exempts some people who are loaned firearms if the firearm "loan is for use solely as a prop in a motion picture, television, video, theatrical, or other entertainment production or event."

The DOJ's Handgun Roster is infamous for being a gun ban that keeps law-abiding people from acquiring safe, modern handguns for self-defense. But, if you're in Hollywood, don't worry about it! Those "unsafe" handguns are good to go, because Penal Code 32110(h) says the Roster laws don't apply to the "sale, loan, or transfer of any semiautomatic pistol that is to be used solely as a prop during the course of a motion picture, television, or video production by an authorized participant therein in the course of making that production or event or by an authorized employee or agent of the entity producing that production or event."

Penal Code 33300 allows the Department of Justice to "issue a permit for the manufacture, possession, importation, transportation, or sale of short-barreled rifles or short-barreled shotguns." But "Good cause, for the purposes of this section, shall be limited to.the manufacture, possession, importation, or use with blank cartridges, of a short-barreled rifle or short-barreled shotgun, solely as a prop for a motion picture, television, or video production or entertainment event." (Penal Code 33300(b),(1).)

ZOMG Taran Butler has sex with fine women! He must be a total creep!

In all actuality what I think you're seeing here is an old/fat guy that pulls good looking women with money/fame. I don't know I would call that a total creep. Maybe if she wasn't actually feeling it or trying to say no. But she quite clearly was not.

@Cantu, it was Rochelle Hathaway. Not Rachel Hathaway.

WHHHAAAATTTTT?

Story?