Riverside County: Proof Of DROS Needed for Firearms On Permit ?

[Walter Rego]

I have my CCW application in progress for Riverside County with my interview coming up in about a month. Is proof of legal ownership and California registration needed for each firearm that you wish to list on your permit ?

Two of the guns were purchased within the last 5 years and I have copies of the receipts and DROS approval number. Both are listed on the current roster.

However one gun I purchased about 20 years ago and cannot find the paperwork. In addition, it is not on the current roster. Is that gun not eligible ?

[9Cal_OC]

It would need to be on CFARS IIRC. If they come back and say it’s not registered to you, you can do a voluntary registration on CFARS and can add it on your next renewal.

Wait to see what RSD says first.

[P5Ret]

It would need to be on CFARS IIRC. If they come back and say it?s not registered to you, you can do a voluntary registration on CFARS and can add it on your next renewal.

Wait to see what RSD says first.

California Firearms Application Reporting System CFARS, does not store information, it is an online system for REPORTING information.

OP as long as you purchased the firearm in Ca at a dealer it should be listed in the state's data base. As part of the process the sheriff's office will check to see that the firearms you list are in the state data base.

[ACfixer]

You could go to a pawn return and re DROS is if you want to be sure. I think.

Contact 2A Zone, they have a Riverside county location. That guy knows all the wrinkles.

[socal m1 shooter]

It would need to be on CFARS IIRC. If they come back and say it?s not registered to you, you can do a voluntary registration on CFARS and can add it on your next renewal.

Wait to see what RSD says first.

Consistent with my experience. If they don't find the firearm in the database as registered to you, they will almost certainly refuse to put it on your permit. Your alternative would be voluntary (re-) registration or doing DROS over again.

I think most investigators are probably familiar with searching the database carefully to make sure the firearm(s) in question are truly not in there. For example, there is a well-known issue with at least some Glock serial numbers (which, in the interest of not taking the thread sideways, I will leave the OP to research on their own).

From what I understand, many (if not most) rank-and-file LEOs are very much in favor of law-abiding civilians having CCW permits, for various reasons. In part they are almost certainly trying to avoid giving excremento bureaucrats any legitimate grounds for undermining their efforts to issue CCW permits to said law-abiding civilians in their county. For example when I interviewed (not in Riverside) the investigator was asking if any friends or family members might be interested in getting their own permits. Why would they ask that if they didn't want civilians lawfully armed in public?

[Walter Rego]

Thanks guys, I'll wait to see what the RSD says regarding the gun in question.

Will the fact that the gun is not on the current roster (it is a pre-lock Smith & Wesson revolver) have any bearing upon it being approved for my permit ?

[anonymous308]

Thanks guys, I'll wait to see what the RSD says regarding the gun in question.

Will the fact that the gun is not on the current roster (it is a pre-lock Smith & Wesson revolver) have any bearing upon it being approved for my permit ?

Not in my experience. I have several off roster handguns on my permit.