The idea that the Japanese didn't invade California because of deer hunters is pretty much balderdash.
The Japanese military saw the attack on Pearl Harbor as a preemptive strike. One that would effectively eliminate the ability of the US to conduct war in the Pacific. At the time of the attack, their foremost concern was to guarantee oil supplies so they could continue to conduct their various wars in southeast Asia and the south Pacific. The US had placed an oil embargo on Japan, meaning they had to find oil closer to home. Knocking out the US Pacific fleet would guarantee that America couldn't interfere with those plans.
Even if the Japanese had wanted to invade the US mainland, their failure to find and destroy the US Navy's aircraft carriers made it impossible for them to do so. It's unlikely that they were in any way concerned about the armed US citizenry. After Pearl Harbor, the US Navy still had full control of the Pacific between Hawaii and California. And any invading Japanese surface vessels approaching the US west coast would have been met by US aircraft based on the mainland.
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