DOJ changed my latest delivery date!

[Chris71]

I was one of those who got caught up in that DOJ delay after my 10 day wait on a gun. I arrived on time at my gun store to get my gun. As what happened to others over the weekend, the status was "pending" so I went back two days later to pick it up. In the process of doing that, the guy at counter noticed something strange on my "approved" paperwork. I DROSsed my gun on 3/25, my earliest delivery date was 4/4 and my latest delivery date was 4/24. However, when he printed out my record of sale this time it listed my earliest delivery date as 4/5 and latest delivery date as 5/5!?! Based on that, instead of being able to purchase another gun at a certain hour on the 24th, I have to wait an additional 11 days! Technically, that means I don't even get this excuse of 30 day waiting period for the DOJ to supposedly catch up with backlog. I actually would have waited 41 days!! Can the DOJ legally do that? Did this happen to anybody else doing a pick up over last few days?

[Spyder]

I would keep the DROS form, DROS another on day 32 or so after you did this one, and be willing to be an injured party, and contact our friendly pro 2A attorneys with the story.

[onelonehorseman]

Can the DOJ legally do that?[/B]

That's a very good question.

There could be some kind of COVID-19 emergency "blanket" wording that has been implemented, in the near term, to relieve them from such liability?

At the end of the day, only a court will decide if it was legal for them to do so. I wouldn't expect too much sympathy from the courts in this state regarding such matters.

[kenl]

IIRC the 30 days start when you start the DROS, not from the earliest delivery date. If that's the case, you should be ok to buy your next pistol on the 26th.

I'm sure the people who really know about this will correct me if I'm wrong

[edgerly779]

^^ Like he said makes no difference in the 1 in 30. Stressing over nothing.

[foothillman]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Quiet

On 01-01-2000, CA's 1 in 30 day wait on handguns went into effect.

The law prohibits a non-exempt person from applying to acquire a handgun more than one time every thirty 24 hour time periods. [PC 27535(a)]

The time starts when the DROS is submitted.

[SkyHawk]

We already have threads for this. It would be helpful to contribute to them instead of starting another one. There are like 10 far flung threads now on this topic, here are the main ones:

https://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=1601479

https://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=1602053

And folks are right that in normal times, 30 days starts from time of DROS. These are not normal times. The FFLs are seeing some strange things happening which could in theory affect the 1 in 30 start day.

See the first thread I linked.