Calico Light Weapon Systems were a company based in Bakersfield,California that developed the Calico weapons syatem. This was a complete system comprising of pistols, sub-machine guns and carbines, all notable for their high capacity helical magazines. The company went out of business due to poor military and law enforcement sales, and due to the Federal Assault Weapons Ban which limited civilian magazine capacity to ten rounds. The weapons are sometimes seen in lower budget science fiction films due to their futuristic appearance. Bakersfield is the county seat of Kern County, California, in the United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 3rd 410,000 km² 402. ... A helix (pl: helices), from the Greek word ÎλικαÏ/Îλιξ, is a twisted shape like a spring, screw or a spiral staircase. ... An M16 Magazine Various Mags A magazine (also called a mag) is an ammunition storage device within or attached to a firearm. ... The Federal Assault Weapons Ban, or AWB, was a provision of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a federal law of the United States that included a prohibition on the sale of semiautomatic assault weapons manufactured after the date of the bans enactment. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...