All the semi autos on the roster were grandfathered in. But They keep making the rules tighter and tighter, to the point where no new semi autos are being added to the roster. I don’t recall the exact rules or the order in which they added them, but it was something like this:
Drop testing (relatively easy for a legit gun to pass)
Loaded chamber indicator (requires retooling, but relatively easy to comply if a manufacturer so chooses)
Micro stamping (darn near impossible)
So the state ratchets the rules down until no new guns can comply, slowly choking off our supply of guns. One might say “ But there are still hundreds of good choices on the roster!” And there used to be thousands. Soon there will be less than 100. And eventually zero.
The other issue is that the “grandfathering” only applies to the exact gun as it was built back before the new roster laws went into effect. Notice there are no colt 1911 on the roster? That’s because colt had a machine wear out and replaced it with a new machine during 2016. So commiefornia said it was a “new” gun and therefore needed to comply with the new microstamping requirements. So at the end of 2016, the colt 1911 fell off the roster, and will never return.
Drop testing (relatively easy for a legit gun to pass)
Loaded chamber indicator (requires retooling, but relatively easy to comply if a manufacturer so chooses)
Micro stamping (darn near impossible)
So the state ratchets the rules down until no new guns can comply, slowly choking off our supply of guns. One might say “ But there are still hundreds of good choices on the roster!” And there used to be thousands. Soon there will be less than 100. And eventually zero.
The other issue is that the “grandfathering” only applies to the exact gun as it was built back before the new roster laws went into effect. Notice there are no colt 1911 on the roster? That’s because colt had a machine wear out and replaced it with a new machine during 2016. So commiefornia said it was a “new” gun and therefore needed to comply with the new microstamping requirements. So at the end of 2016, the colt 1911 fell off the roster, and will never return.

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