how many handguns per month can you buy in ca?

[gilroyguns]

A quick ? for you experts ..........i know you may only buy one handgun per month but is it possible to purchase more if they are "used" ....for exmple FTF or FFL transferred such as purchasing 2 from here at the same time will i only have to wait the standard 10 days for both...........

Does that make sense?

Thanks Calguners

[CSDGuy]

PPT transfers aren't limited to one per month... but it'd better truly be a Private Party Transfer. I don't think that PPT's are the only handgun transfers that are exempt from the one/30 days, but it's going to be the most common.

[dfletcher]

I believe you can do as many PPTs as your wallet (or wife?) will tolerate. If you have a COE you don't have to abide by the "one per 30" on new handgun dealer sales.

LA city or county has some sort of per month restriction, how it stands after the SF Prop H decision is beyond me though.

[geeknow]

yeah, what they said.

New handguns via FFL = 1 per 30 days

PPT's - no limit

10 day wait applies to all
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[Nefarious]

If you have a COE you don't have to abide by the "one per 30" on new handgun dealer sales.


I never got around to getting my COE. Now that im buying handguns left and right - well obviously 30 days apart - Im kicking myself in the rear. I suppose I should get the damn thing

[Anthonysmanifesto]

I never got around to getting my COE. Now that im buying handguns left and right - well obviously 30 days apart - Im kicking myself in the rear. I suppose I should get the damn thing

CR FLL 03 + COE is the correct route:

"PC 12072 (http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate?WAISdocID=78629821733+0+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve)(9) (A) No person shall make an application to purchase more than
one pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed
upon the person within any 30-day period.
(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any of the following:
....

(ix) Any person who is licensed as a collector pursuant to Chapter
44 (commencing with Section 921) of Title 18 of the United States
Code and the regulations issued pursuant thereto and who has a
current certificate of eligibility issued to him or her by the
Department of Justice pursuant to Section 12071."

I also want to encourage people to read and particapte in teh soudn edidting of the Calguns Foundaton Wiki.. (http://wiki.calgunsfoundation.org/index.php/Limits_on_handgun_purchases#30_Day_Rule_.281_Gun_P er_Month.29)

[Theseus]

In relation to this question, if a dealer has a good price on a handgun and I want 2...can I buy them both and have him simply DROS them separately after the proper period?

And how exactly does that go. When I transfered my last gun from Turners they said I couldn't really buy one until 30 days after the 10 day waiting period, meaning that I really have to wait 40 days...FUD?

[dfletcher]

In relation to this question, if a dealer has a good price on a handgun and I want 2...can I buy them both and have him simply DROS them separately after the proper period?

And how exactly does that go. When I transfered my last gun from Turners they said I couldn't really buy one until 30 days after the 10 day waiting period, meaning that I really have to wait 40 days...FUD?

Yes, unless for some reason the dealer wants to spread the good deals around to his other customers. But legally, buy & DROS one, wait, then buy & DROS the 2nd.

I'm not up on the exact cert dates. I think its your original cert date (let's say Nov 1st, wait 30 then another cert date for the 2nd gun (Dec 1st) then p/u 2nd gun 10 days later. I believe the one per 30 is based on the original cert date, not when you p/u the gun.

So in theory, Nov 1st cert date 1st gun, pick up 10 days later. Then Dec 1st cert date 2nd gun, pick up 10 days later. I think.

[Kishfisser]

And how exactly does that go. When I transfered my last gun from Turners they said I couldn't really buy one until 30 days after the 10 day waiting period, meaning that I really have to wait 40 days...FUD?

If you are considering buying multiples, many gun shops also do Layaways. You are not required to wait the full length of the Layaway to pay off the gun. Simply come in at the end of the 30 days and Dros the other. Also it is 30 days from thi time you fill out the DROS, not pickup date.

[Anthonysmanifesto]

In relation to this question, if a dealer has a good price on a handgun and I want 2...can I buy them both and have him simply DROS them separately after the proper period?

And how exactly does that go. When I transfered my last gun from Turners they said I couldn't really buy one until 30 days after the 10 day waiting period, meaning that I really have to wait 40 days...FUD?

show turners the law:

"PC 12072 (9) (A) No person shall make an application to purchase more than
one pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed
upon the person within any 30-day period."

not 40 days, 30 and if you ahve a C&R and a COE there is no 10 day wait.

[bdsmchs]

I have done this with Turners. I don't know what Turners you're going into, but the ones I've dealt with are very good about it.

1.) Buy a handgun
2.) D'OH! another handgun I want is on sale right now, 10 days isn't even up for number 1.
3.) Put handgun #2 on layaway. Either put money down, or pay it off completely.
4.) Pick up handgun 1
5.) 20 days later, DROS handgun 2
6.) wash, rinse, repeat.

In fact, it was a Turners EMPLOYEE who recommended I do it this way so I could lock in the sale price on some handguns, since even after the 10 days was up, they would not longer be on sale.

My girlfriend actually has a layaway on a handgun at Turners right now for this very reason. She recently picked up a Ruger Mark III, so she's in the 30-day rights-restriction penalty box now. As soon as she was done waiting for her Mark III, they put GP100's on sale, so she had to buy one of those too.

Anyways, the Fountain Valley Turners rocks.

[nicki]

I ran into this situation myself, but the dealer was more than willing for me to pay for the guns, then just time it so I dros every 30 days.

I played it safe and spread it to 40 plus days myself. What I have noticed is I will go through a period where I will make mulitple purchases then lay off for a long time.

The issue for me is staying out of gun shops. I need to put my waist on a diet, not my wallet:D

Nicki

[Nefarious]

CR FLL 03 + COE is the correct route:

"PC 12072 (http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate?WAISdocID=78629821733+0+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve)(9) (A) No person shall make an application to purchase more than
one pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed
upon the person within any 30-day period.
(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any of the following:
....

(ix) Any person who is licensed as a collector pursuant to Chapter
44 (commencing with Section 921) of Title 18 of the United States
Code and the regulations issued pursuant thereto and who has a
current certificate of eligibility issued to him or her by the
Department of Justice pursuant to Section 12071."

I also want to encourage people to read and particapte in teh soudn edidting of the Calguns Foundaton Wiki.. (http://wiki.calgunsfoundation.org/index.php/Limits_on_handgun_purchases#30_Day_Rule_.281_Gun_P er_Month.29)

Yea, ive my my C&R to some good use :D
Time to pick up its counterpart