Jimmy, your dealer/FFl can still ship guns into CA, but there are a zillion reasons why certain guns cannot be shipped. Reasons include high-cap mags (10 round max in CA); no trigger lock; gun has not passed mandatory CA drop test (separate test for each model and each variation, including different barrel lengths; the test destroys a lot of guns and it gets expensive for the manufacturers to certify every model and variation); flash suppressors; pistol grips on shotguns; AR15 variants; anything that can even be remotely construed as an assault weapon; and the list goes on. A new reg that is coming will require all semiauto pistols to imprint a serial number on each ejected casing. Gee, do ya think the bad guys will use stolen guns or revolvers instead? I feel safer.
And I just remembered that the city of Los Angeles has a regulation regarding the physical size of handguns that can be sold within the city limits. Anything that is easily concealable cannot be sold by a dealer in LA. That means no S&W J-frames, etc. Also for the whole damn state, dealers cannot sell collectible handguns like original S&W K-22 and K-38 and Colt Woodsman, because these guns are out of production and have not passed the drop test. Dealers can, however, perform FFL transfers between private parties on these guns, but only if both parties are CA residents. That means if I find a perfect example of an old S&W in AZ, there is no legal way for me to buy it without establishing residence in AZ. It's almost impossible to keep up with all the rules.
Last edited by Replacement; 07/03/08 01:05 PM.
