AW Registration Guide **3/18/2021 update: Registration may re-open soon**

[bootstrap]

It's more than sad, it's disturbingly sick. Your BB equipped rifles that were legal for years and up to a couple weeks ago now carry heavier criminal penalties than someone who knowingly infects someone with AIDS.

[Discogodfather]

It's more than sad, it's disturbingly sick. Your BB equipped rifles that were legal for years and up to a couple weeks ago now carry heavier criminal penalties than someone who knowingly infects someone with AIDS.

I don't think there are any criminal penalties for knowingly infecting someone with aids, lol.

As far as DOJ phone calls are concerned, I would take anything and everything they say with a grain of salt. Here are some of the gems DOJ told me in my many phone calls to their people:

1) You need to put all accessories you are going to use with your weapon into the picture and list the uppers in the comments

2) If you remove a scope from a registered rifle it could be confiscated

3) You can remove and replace the upper or caliber after the registration if it's listed in the comments

4) You can never change the caliber of a registered firearm

5) It's going to take about 17 days to process your application


None of those things turned out to be true.

[Dvrjon]

I don't think there are any criminal penalties for knowingly infecting someone with aids, lol.

https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/07/healt...ned/index.html

[Gun Kraft]

I don't think there are any criminal penalties for knowingly infecting someone with aids, lol.

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=12022.85.&lawCode=PEN

We used to have H&S 120291 (intentional transmission of AIDS) which was a felony, but that was later repealed. H&S 120290 is still on the books, but that's a misdemeanor.

[Dirk Tungsten]

I'm not surprised about the attitude they gave you.. it's a shame. The couple of times I've called it's been the same cold shoulder response... in their minds, they really feel they're talking to criminals on the other side. The simple idea of owning a legally acquired firearm just doesn't click in their mind.

it's a shame... that's California for you .. sad

Playing devil's advocate here, but I'm sure DOJ is getting all sorts of wild-assed "WHAT IF" questions from callers all day and frankly, it grates on a person. It's not so much that they think you're a criminal, it's just that dealing with the public grates on a person.

Look at how many simple to answer questions get asked in the legal forums here. Lots of them are very basic and would be answered with 5 minutes of research, but people don't wanna do that for themselves, they want someone else to answer it for them.

[Discogodfather]

Not entirely sure why you’re laughing about this, but it does happen, and it used to be a felony. https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/07/healt...ned/index.html

I'm laughing to prevent crying? An SF supervisor got this nonsense passed.

[Junkie]

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/fa...5.&lawCode=PEN

We used to have H&S 120291 (intentional transmission of AIDS) which was a felony, but that was later repealed. H&S 120290 is still on the books, but that's a misdemeanor.

Misdemeanors require the officer to have witnessed it, right? Or a private person's arrest.

That makes prosecutions much less likely.

[Mendo223]

well i submitted over the last week of june and still have not heard anything back from them.

if i didnt mark "forward grip" on any of my builds (i stripped them down to most basic config) does that mean i can never add a forward grip again? i took all the pics showing bare rifles with no FG and no magazines etc.

[Mendo223]

pretty lame to hear i cant even go sport shooting with my rifles until i get the letter. does this mean i cant even use it for home defense?

thanks california! now lil sleepy the surenos can invade my property with his illegal AK and 30round stick and all i can use are my handguns.

[CandG]

well i submitted over the last week of june and still have not heard anything back from them.

if i didnt mark "forward grip" on any of my builds (i stripped them down to most basic config) does that mean i can never add a forward grip again? i took all the pics showing bare rifles with no FG and no magazines etc.

There are tons of people who submitted in March/April who haven't heard anything yet. If you only just submitted yours 2 weeks ago then I wouldn't start losing sleep over it yet.

Yes, you can add or remove AW "features" all you'd like. At this point, you only can't change out the bullet button for a regular mag release. Everything else is fine.

pretty lame to hear i cant even go sport shooting with my rifles until i get the letter. does this mean i cant even use it for home defense?

Well, you *can* have your pending rifles available for home defense if you'd like to, but be aware that you might face serious legal hurdles if you end up using it. Maybe it's worth the risk to you, maybe it isn't.

I've removed all my pending rifles from the state of CA while I wait for my letter to arrive. The shotgun and pistols have taken over home defense duty for the time being.

Ya, it sucks. But it's the safest option.

[opass]

Yeah I had the same thing happen as well. I went back and checked my submission and confirmed I had selected Israeli Weapons Industry as the manufacturer. I'm not sure why they replaced it with IMI. Anyone know if they are doing this for all IWI items? Did anyone get IWI (and not IMI) on their approval letters?

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Got my letter today. My Tavor also change to IMI as well.

[opass]

The following is my paperwork time line:

My application submitted on May 3rd, 2018
Wife application submitted on May 7th, 2018
Joint Registration submitted May 8th, 2018
Both of us kicked back on June 14, 2018
Email submission confirmation notice on June 14 (2 hours later)
Email Joint Submission Confirmation notice (wife) July 6th
Email Joint Submission Confirmation Notice (mine) July 11th.
Received Letter (wife) on July 10
Received letter (mine) on July 13

Waiting for Letter for Joint Registration.....May be another 3-4 weeks base on our previous individual paper work time line

[aBrowningfan]

Any recent Saturday emails from DoJ? I am curious whether they are still putting in time on Saturdays (related to O/T question earlier).

[astro.dude]

What if a small magnet got attracted to my bullet button. I did not modify nuthin, nor removed the said BB.

[yukondave]

Anyone else register a BB AW and the status in CFARS History shows under status as "In Progress" even though an approval letter was received?