Is it illegal to make a ZIP GUN?????

[BayAreaShooter]

Just wondering if it is completely legal to make your own Zip Gun. If so has anyone made one?

[AJAX22]

Yes it is illegal (in CA)

[jwkincal]

Yes it is illegal. You know that. Why are you asking people to confess to a felony online?

PC12020(a)(1) at the very beginning. Can't miss it.

[Shady]

yes

[BayAreaShooter]

Yes it is illegal. You know that. Why are you asking people to confess to a felony online?

PC10202(a)(1) at the very beginning. Can't miss it.

If I knew I would not have asked. Thank you for the quick responses.

[jwkincal]

OK, here's where you can find out next time:

http://www.ag.ca.gov/firearms/dwcl/12020.php

[BayAreaShooter]

OK, here's where you can find out next time:

http://www.ag.ca.gov/firearms/dwcl/12020.php

Thank you.

[Skipper]

Yep, it's illegal........this perp's going to get the whole nine yards:

http://www.bakersfield.com/blogs/breaking_news/x188413770/Officer-shot-in-hand-while-examining-illegal-homemade-gun

[CHS]

Just wondering if it is completely legal to make your own Zip Gun. If so has anyone made one?

They are totally legal in CA, assuming you follow a few processes. They would be classified as an AOW, which are legal to manufacture in CA after you have filed a form with the ATF and paid a $200 tax. There is more information in this thread here:

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=82693

Yes it is illegal (in CA)

Wrong.

Yes it is illegal. You know that. Why are you asking people to confess to a felony online?

Wrong.

yes

Correct.

Yep, it's illegal

Wrong again

this perp's going to get the whole nine yards:

http://www.bakersfield.com/blogs/bre...l-homemade-gun

Only because it wasn't registered.

[12voltguy]

They are totally legal in CA, assuming you follow a few processes. They would be classified as an AOW, which are legal to manufacture in CA after you have filed a form with the ATF and paid a $200 tax. There is more information in this thread here:

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=82693

Wrong.


Wrong.


Correct.

AOW is $5 stamp isn't it?....

[CHS]

Yep, it's illegal........this perp's going to get the whole nine yards:

http://www.bakersfield.com/blogs/bre...l-homemade-gun

AOW is $5 stamp isn't it?....

$5 to transfer.

Unfortunately it's still a $200 stamp to actually manufacture one for yourself.

[jwkincal]

Then what does PC12020(a)(1) mean when it says

12020. (a) Any person in this state who does any of the following is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or in the state prison:
(1) Manufactures or causes to be manufactured, imports into the state, keeps for sale, or offers or exposes for sale, or who gives, lends, or possesses any cane gun or wallet gun, any undetectable firearm, any firearm which is not immediately recognizable as a firearm, any camouflaging firearm container, any ammunition which contains or consists of any flechette dart, any bullet containing or carrying an explosive agent, any ballistic knife, any multiburst trigger activator, any nunchaku, any short-barreled shotgun, any short-barreled rifle, any metal knuckles, any belt buckle knife, any leaded cane, any zip gun...

?????

[12voltguy]

$5 to transfer.

Unfortunately it's still a $200 stamp to actually manufacture one for yourself.

+ CLEO sigh off --never happen
or form a trust $_$_$

[Quiet]

Then what does PC12020(a)(1) mean when it says


?????

"zip guns" that are not BATFE approved AOWs are illegal.

PC 12020(b)(8) states that AOW status exempts PC 12020(a).

[CHS]

Then what does PC12020(a)(1) mean when it says

You have not looked at the law where it actually defines what a zip gun is. A zip gun that has had the proper taxes paid on it (i.e. $200 to the BATFE) is perfectly legal.