Bringing inherited ammo into CA

[paperpunch]

[codypaint77]

Declare

Declare your ammo as illegal sanctuary and the state will turn a blind eye.

[Simi762]

I just also inherited ammo from the internet...

[boopiejones]

There’s an exemption in the law for ammo given to you by certain family members. I’m not sure if grandfather meets that definition, or what you’d need to prove he gave it to you, but it would be worth looking into.

[Chewy65]

Look at Penal Code 30312 and the exception cared out by subsection 30312(c) paragraph (10):

(a) (1) Commencing January 1, 2018, the sale of ammunition by any party shall be conducted by or processed through a licensed ammunition vendor.

(2) When neither party to an ammunition sale is a licensed ammunition vendor, the seller shall deliver the ammunition to a vendor to process the transaction. The ammunition vendor shall promptly and properly deliver the ammunition to the purchaser, if the sale is not prohibited, as if the ammunition were the vendor’s own merchandise. If the ammunition vendor cannot legally deliver the ammunition to the purchaser, the vendor shall forthwith return the ammunition to the seller. The ammunition vendor may charge the purchaser an administrative fee to process the transaction, in an amount to be set by the Department of Justice, in addition to any applicable fees that may be charged pursuant to the provisions of this title.

(b) Commencing January 1, 2018, the sale, delivery, or transfer of ownership of ammunition by any party may only occur in a face-to-face transaction with the seller, deliverer, or transferor, provided, however, that ammunition may be purchased or acquired over the Internet or through other means of remote ordering if a licensed ammunition vendor initially receives the ammunition and processes the transaction in compliance with this section and Article 3 (commencing with Section 30342) of Chapter 1 of Division 10 of Title 4 of this part.

(c) Subdivisions (a) and (b) shall not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer of ammunition to any of the following:

. . . .

(10) A person who purchases or receives ammunition from a spouse, registered domestic partner, or immediate family member as defined in Section 16720.
. . . .

Penal Code 16720 reads:

As used in this part, “immediate family member” means either of the following relationships:

(a) Parent and child.

(b) Grandparent and grandchild.

That seems to cover the ammunition received from your grandfather, unless received doesn't include received by inheritance and I know of no authority for limiting the exception of paragraph 10 to ammunition received in an inter vivos transfer.

[CAL.BAR]

Yeah, not sure about the whole "family member" exception. My suspicion is that the legislature intended for the spouse etc. (and the ammo) to be IN CA already, not importing it from out of state. By the logic suggested hereabouts, my wife and I (both CA residents) can go to Las Vegas. SHE buys the ammo in Vegas. Then give it to me (also in Vegas at the time) and I drive it back to CA. Not importing? I'd love to be the trial attorney on the case, but not the first defendant to set the precedent.