Can ya'll settle an argument for me?

[Codemaster]

Hey guys, new member here. I joined because I would like to settle some questions I've had about CA law.

My dad says you guys/gals cannot have any semi automatic weapons as of a couple months ago.

He also says that all semi auto handguns must have a magazine safety.

Any truth to this?

Thanks in advance.

[elrcastor]

the semi auto gun part is a load of @#!$%@#$%@#$

the mag safety is probably true, the "handgun roster" is restrictive on what will be added

grandfathered guns are still on it

[J-cat]

Nope

[wildhawker]

As parsed in the OP, no on both counts.

[QuarterBoreGunner]

Neither is correct.

[tankerman]

I'll bet there are more semi-auto rifles in this state than in any other state. AR/AK is just as popular here as anywhere else.

[Codemaster]

Please note this argument started over a magazine article in shooting times. I guess one of the writers said a few new laws had been passed/were going to be passed outlawing any semi auto weapon (long gun) and any handgun without a magazine safety. Any body know of this article?

[Librarian]

Hey guys, new member here. I joined because I would like to settle some questions I've had about CA law.

My dad says you guys/gals cannot have any semi automatic weapons as of a couple months ago.

He also says that all semi auto handguns must have a magazine safety.

Any truth to this?

Thanks in advance.

No; semi-autos are perfectly legal.

Handguns - semi-automatic ones, anyway - need a magazine disconnect to get on the Roster. All the guns on the Roster on December 31, 2007 are exempt from the magazine safety/loaded chamber indicator requirement, and may still be sold. See the Wiki article.

Please note this argument started over a magazine article in shooting times. I guess one of the writers said a few new laws had been passed/were going to be passed outlawing any semi auto weapon (long gun) and any handgun without a magazine safety. Any body know of this article?

I suspect that one needs to read the article more carefully. I don't find anything like that in the online Shooting Times site. Perhaps you could search and find the article in question.

[CaliforniaLiberal]

Welcome to CalGuns Codemaster!

[forgiven]

^^^+1

[stitchnicklas]

all the magazine safety is,is to prevent the gun from firing while a magazine is not in it.

[TKM]

Send your dad in.

No point in savaging the misinformed.

[Echidin]

Lots of useful information here for your father.

[Greg-Dawg]

The truth will set you free.

[savs2k]

make a bet for a 1911 first. then bring him in here =D