Cash and Carry question

[Librarian]

For 'ATF' in the preceding posts, please substitute 'CA-DOJ'. They can and will enforce CA law.

[EBR Works]

Am I the only one here that realizes that the ATF doesn't have the authority to enforce a California law?

If California laws are violated in the process of an ATF sting, you can count on being busted for it. ATF will simply cooperate with local LE.
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[paul0660]

For 'ATF' in the preceding posts, please substitute 'CA-DOJ'. They can and will enforce CA law.

yes. Should have been pointed out earlier, but we were not up on our alphabet soup.

[joeypounds]

CA DOJ at least regarding the enforcement of various gun laws is running on a shoestring as of late from what I have heard through a reliable source. The people they do have working for them do not even understand the "laws" they are to enforce.

[Burbur]

But just like Forest Rangers, just because it isn't in their jurisdiction doesn't stop them from trying.

Is there any avenue to purchase the gun in this situation and take it directly to an FFL? There should be, that seems like a 'common sense gun law' to me.

[dantodd]

To answer the other part of your question yes, the ATf and DOJ can still track a long gun. It just takes longer and is a manual process. They contact the mfg. Who tells them to whom they sold the gun that distributor tells them which FFL got the gun and the FFL tells them who the gun was sold to. So, if the seller wasn't part of a sting they could get jammed up if the gun is recovered at a crime scene and they didn't legally transfer it.