I live in Merced, the gun shops in this area are all black gun havens, the folks running them have no clue what a collectable gun is. California law on C&R licensees is odd, it is legal to buy C&R long guns in state if the licensee has a COE (no handguns), C&R holders can buy long guns out of state without the COE, pre 1899 firearms are exenpt. Most gun shop people are so intimidated that they insist on not selling only thru DROS. old colonel is correct, most law enforcement recognize that the laws are useless but their hands are tied by the politics. What is interesting is that there is a movement in the state to issue concealed weapons permits to any citizen in good standing that requests one, we will see where that goes.
