Another AR-15 Question?

[Teeko]

Can I still buy a stripped lower to build a full feature AW and be able register later this year when registration opens?

Edit: Featureless it is, Thanks!

[razgriz183]

Nope, must be in aw configuration before 1/1/17

[PaperPuncher]

No, had to be in possession prior to Jan. 1 2017.

[Drew Eckhardt]

Can I still buy a stripped lower to build a full feature AW and be able register later this year when registration opens?

No, because you did not legally possess it as an assault weapon between January 1, 2001 and December 31, 2016.

You can't even build and register a virgin stripped receiver you owned during that period because it wasn't a rifle (you could assemble it with spade grips), wasn't semi-automatic (you could use a bolt or pump action upper), wasn't center fire (you could use a rimfire uper), didn't have PC 30515(a)(1) features, and wasn't an assault weapon that does not have fixed magazine.

PC 30900(b)(1)

(b) (1) Any person who, from January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2016, inclusive, lawfully possessed an assault weapon that does not have a fixed magazine, as defined in Section 30515, including those weapons with an ammunition feeding device that can be readily removed from the firearm with the use of a tool, shall register the firearm before January 1, 2018, but not before the effective date of the regulations adopted pursuant to paragraph (5), with the department pursuant to those procedures that the department may establish by regulation pursuant to paragraph (5).

[Teeko]

Featureless it is, Thanks!