Sidelock - there are legal ways to have guns not on the California "approved list" shipped to CA. Case in point: A friend found a Smith and Wesson Model 29 (N frame .44 Mag, blued finish) on gunbroker that he wanted. The Model 29 is not on the CA "approved list", although the same gun in stainless (Model 629)is California approved. His daughter in New Mexico purchased the gun and had it sent to her FFL dealer in New Mexico. The dealer in New Mexico then shipped to an FFL dealer in California with a letter from the daughter certifying it was a gift to her father (which, in fact, it was). He completed all the necessary CA paperwork at his FFL and took delivery of the gun after the appropriate waiting period and back ground check. All very legal. Where there is a will there is a LEGAL way.
