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The Roster of Certified Handguns is 100% legalized extortion.
From a business standpoint, it's genius - make it law that a firearms manufacturer has to pay a hefty fee per handgun model to "ensure that it is safe for public use. I can buy a Gen 3 Glock 17 in black, but not in FDE. That particular color hasn't been "tested" and "deemed safe". I can get a Beretta PX4 in 9mm and .40, but not in .45.
Never mind the fact that it makes absolutely no common sense. How is a tan Glock more dangerous than a black one? Why can I buy a 16 round semi-auto SRM shotgun, but not a Ruger SR9? Also forget the fact that it directly infringes on our rights as individuals, and businesses as well, but then again that never stopped the government in CA, did it? I still can't believe this is even a thing.
Think of all the money Smith and Wesson has to shell out each year to the CA government alone. Which is consequently why they've pulled almost their entire M&P line of pistols (except the Shield).
I've been in the industry for a while, and its infuriating to see such a thuggish tactic play out over time and not be able to really do anything about it.
Just to try to put it in perspective for some people, heres ONE example of ONE gun, the Smith and Wesson 686.
There's the 686, 686-1, 686-2, and so on up to the 686-6.
Each of these is s "different gun" because of minor design tweaks (except the internal lock, nobody likes those and most don't consider it the same gun).
Because we don't know the exact cost of the annual "testing" we will use X as a variable.
That's X times 7 for one gun. But wait! There's more!
A different barrel length is also considered a different gun. Smith makes the 686 with 6 different barrel lengths (when not counting Performance Center guns), 2.5", 3", 4", 5", 6", and 8 3/8".
Multiply 7 686 models by the 6 different standard barrel lengths and we get X times 42.
There are also "Plus" models which feature a 7-round cylinder instead of 6. These have been made since at least the 686-4.
Multiply that 42 by 3, you get 126.
But wait, we're only half done.
The 686 is also made in Blued. This is called the 586.
The current Smith 586 model is the 586-8. That's 9 models times 6 barrel lengths, you get 54. There are also "plus" variants for this gun, but only for 2 models. (I think - I'm pulling all this info from personal experience, not from the Internet! Gotta keep the rant's momentum going!)
Add 18 to 54 to get 72.
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By now I know some of you are saying "But AxelGear, some models are 6 or 7 g only certain years or models", or "Certain barrel lengths are dropped in certain models." I am fully aware of this, this rant is just here to give you a very general idea of what the state charges a manufacturer to allow them to sell in CA.
The little BS equation I'm going to come up with is higher than the actual thing.
OK, back to the rant.
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Ok, so 126 + 72 = 198. We have X times 198.
Thats X times 198 for an annual fee for ONE handgun series. Don't even get me started on the model 19 and model 66!
It's no wonder then that there are only NINE 686 revolvers on the list as of this post. Check for yourself.
This is why we can't have Gen4 Glocks in CA - Glock is refusing to pay the fee for each Gen4 model pistol. It's also why Smith dropped the vast majority of their M&P line and why Ruger dropped the SR series pistols.
The state is slowly but surely thinning the pistols available to purchase in CA by charging exorbitant fees that nobody else charges (to my knowledge).
This is called Extortion.
From a business standpoint, it's genius - make it law that a firearms manufacturer has to pay a hefty fee per handgun model to "ensure that it is safe for public use. I can buy a Gen 3 Glock 17 in black, but not in FDE. That particular color hasn't been "tested" and "deemed safe". I can get a Beretta PX4 in 9mm and .40, but not in .45.
Never mind the fact that it makes absolutely no common sense. How is a tan Glock more dangerous than a black one? Why can I buy a 16 round semi-auto SRM shotgun, but not a Ruger SR9? Also forget the fact that it directly infringes on our rights as individuals, and businesses as well, but then again that never stopped the government in CA, did it? I still can't believe this is even a thing.
Think of all the money Smith and Wesson has to shell out each year to the CA government alone. Which is consequently why they've pulled almost their entire M&P line of pistols (except the Shield).
I've been in the industry for a while, and its infuriating to see such a thuggish tactic play out over time and not be able to really do anything about it.
Just to try to put it in perspective for some people, heres ONE example of ONE gun, the Smith and Wesson 686.
There's the 686, 686-1, 686-2, and so on up to the 686-6.
Each of these is s "different gun" because of minor design tweaks (except the internal lock, nobody likes those and most don't consider it the same gun).
Because we don't know the exact cost of the annual "testing" we will use X as a variable.
That's X times 7 for one gun. But wait! There's more!
A different barrel length is also considered a different gun. Smith makes the 686 with 6 different barrel lengths (when not counting Performance Center guns), 2.5", 3", 4", 5", 6", and 8 3/8".
Multiply 7 686 models by the 6 different standard barrel lengths and we get X times 42.
There are also "Plus" models which feature a 7-round cylinder instead of 6. These have been made since at least the 686-4.
Multiply that 42 by 3, you get 126.
But wait, we're only half done.
The 686 is also made in Blued. This is called the 586.
The current Smith 586 model is the 586-8. That's 9 models times 6 barrel lengths, you get 54. There are also "plus" variants for this gun, but only for 2 models. (I think - I'm pulling all this info from personal experience, not from the Internet! Gotta keep the rant's momentum going!)
Add 18 to 54 to get 72.
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After these messages we'll be right back!
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By now I know some of you are saying "But AxelGear, some models are 6 or 7 g only certain years or models", or "Certain barrel lengths are dropped in certain models." I am fully aware of this, this rant is just here to give you a very general idea of what the state charges a manufacturer to allow them to sell in CA.
The little BS equation I'm going to come up with is higher than the actual thing.
OK, back to the rant.
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And now, welcome back to the show!
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Ok, so 126 + 72 = 198. We have X times 198.
Thats X times 198 for an annual fee for ONE handgun series. Don't even get me started on the model 19 and model 66!
It's no wonder then that there are only NINE 686 revolvers on the list as of this post. Check for yourself.
This is why we can't have Gen4 Glocks in CA - Glock is refusing to pay the fee for each Gen4 model pistol. It's also why Smith dropped the vast majority of their M&P line and why Ruger dropped the SR series pistols.
The state is slowly but surely thinning the pistols available to purchase in CA by charging exorbitant fees that nobody else charges (to my knowledge).
This is called Extortion.
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