Making a reference: Shipping firearms into CA

[Nodda Duma]

Hello all,

I frequent another gun forum, surplusrifleforum.com, and have written up a post I'd like to put there with the purpose of clarifying the ins and outs of shipping firearms to California. The forum involves mostly C&R guns, so you'll see maybe a slight emphasis on C&R stuff.

I want to make sure the information is correct. Please review my post and provide comments / corrections. I want to ensure that it's a valuable, readable, useable reference for out of state dealers and individuals. Note that this is a rough draft and I am looking for input to make sure I'm providing correct information. Let the red ink flow!

Thanks!
Jason

Shipping Firearms to California

The following is a summary of what can and cannot be shipped into California. A major source of this information is taken from the forums at http://www.calguns.net . Also, a good reference which details a lot of this information can be found at http://wiki.calgunsfoundation.org/index.php/Main_PageCalifornia Firearms License Check (CFLC)

The enactment of the California Firearms License Check requires a form to be filled out and shipped with the long arm for transactions between a California FFL 01 and an Out-of-state FFL 01. It is illegal for a California FFL 01 to accept a firearms shipment without this form (thus the hammer falls on the CA FFL 01). See the overview at http://ag.ca.gov/firearms/cflcoverview.phpI am not an FFL but I want to ship a firearm to a California FFL. Do I have to obtain a Firearms Shipment Approval number before shipping a firearm to California?

No. The requirement to obtain a Firearms Shipment Approval number only applies to holders of valid FFLs (FFL 01's).

Second FAQ: Are any California FFLs exempt from the CFLC verification approval requirement?

Yes. The CFLC program does not apply to FFLs with Type 03 (curio and relic collectors) and Type 06 (ammunition dealers) licenses.

Long arms

In general, long arms (rifles, shotguns) are perfectly legal in California. However, there are certain centerfire, semiauto firearms which are illegal in California. The best way to find out is to consult the interactive ID Flowchart here:

http://calnra.com/cgi-bin/flowchart.cgi?No=No&qq=1

http://calnra.com/cgi-bin/flowchart.cgi?Yes=Yes&qq=2 then it can potentially be configured into a California-legal firearm. I would recommend visiting the forums at http://www.calguns.net to ask questions if you want to ship California-legal black rifles into the state. The details are a little beyond the scope of this write-up.).

Note also that magazines with a capacity of more than 10 rounds cannot be sold, sent, or imported to California.

Handguns http://certguns.doj.ca.gov/Ammunitionhttp://www.calguns.net

[Nodda Duma]

Bump. NO ONE wants to help me out on this? Or is it perfect as it stands?

-Jason

[Librarian]

Missed it first time through.

That's pretty good.

There's probably some nits to pick, but that would merely demonstrate that things are complicated - which we already knew.

You might want to include a direct link to the CFLC FAQ, even though you did link to the main page on it.

I'd say "9th District Incorporation (Nordyke)..." just to re-emphasize that Nordyke is useful; some folks seem to be excessively skeptical at this point.

Go forth, Ambassador! Thanks for spreading the word.

[Nodda Duma]

Thanks, Librarian! I'll consider it good to go.

You can read the thread that it's in over at

http://www.surplusrifleforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=87&t=77714

-Jason