That first graphic reminds me of sci fi author David Brin’s concept of a “militia rifle”.

(He published this a long time ago and I’m unclear if he still supports the idea)

Basically he argues:

• Mass shootings are a problem
• Resisting government tyranny is important
• (He claims) historically a group of people with lower capacity rifles can hold their own against people bearing high capacity automatics, because in many-vs-many battles the individual guns’ bullet output matters less (more about which group controls which points on the battlefield permitting covering of other points)
• So a mass shooter is a 1-vs-many scenario (shooter vs crowd)
• Resisting government tyranny is probably gonna be a many-vs-many scenario (militia vs army)
• Therefore it’s legit for people to own firearms that are low capacity, high hassle

Seems to me the California laws approach this design equilibrium.