purchasing a california registered AW questions

[bwiese]

Given the DOJ will take a year or may never de-register the firearm makes what you suggest not practical.

DOJ will not take a year to do this... Separate unit from DROS /volreg/ intrafamily xfers.

[Librarian]

Given the DOJ will take a year or may never de-register the firearm makes what you suggest not practical.

I don't think committing a CA felony -- 12280 (a)(1) -- because one is too impatient to follow CA's stupid procedures is a very practical idea, either.

[bwiese]

I don't think committing a CA felony -- 12280 (a)(1) -- because one is too impatient to follow CA's stupid procedures is a very practical idea, either.

If it's a Cat 3 reg'd AW with evil features removed sufficient for it to not be regarded as an AW for transit, shipping & gunsmithing purposes it likely also isn't an AW for transfer purposes - I can't see a double-standard where it is an AW sometimes but not other times (in all cases Cat 3 reg'd AW with features removed)

I think the deregistration is really necessary regardless of other issues for simply practicality & drama reduction - just to stop unfavorable interactions with LEs if the gun's serial number comes up as a reg'd AW during a vehicle stop and it was still listed under the old owner.

[dantodd]

There is bj reason to inform the ffl that the weapon us our was a registered AW. As long as the fun is un legal configuration at the time of the transfer the ffl will never know it was ever registered.