Patrol AW

[Demetri]

Hey guys, does anybody know of any FFL's in northern California (Sacramento and above area) who can sell an assault weapon to a cop for duty use with a department letter?

We can carry any AR style rifle as long as we purchase it ourselves and unfortunately we can't modify the department's rifle at all.

[RickD427]

Hey guys, does anybody know of any FFL's in northern California (Sacramento and above area) who can sell an assault weapon to a cop for duty use with a department letter?

We can carry any AR style rifle as long as we purchase it ourselves and unfortunately we can't modify the department's rifle at all.

Demetri,

Make sure you read Attorney General Opinion 09-901 before you make the purchase.

In sum, the opinion states that you must surrender the weapon when you retire, or leave peace officer employment, even though it is your personal property.

IMHO, the Opinion probably would not withstand challenge in an objective court, but it still must be reckoned with.

[Demetri]

Demetri,

Make sure you read Attorney General Opinion 09-901 before you make the purchase.

In sum, the opinion states that you must surrender the weapon when you retire, or leave peace officer employment, even though it is your personal property.

IMHO, the Opinion probably would not withstand challenge in an objective court, but it still must be reckoned with.

I appreciate that, thank you,

[esy]

Hey guys, does anybody know of any FFL's in northern California (Sacramento and above area) who can sell an assault weapon to a cop for duty use with a department letter?

We can carry any AR style rifle as long as we purchase it ourselves and unfortunately we can't modify the department's rifle at all.

Sac Black Rifle and River City Gun Exchange.

[1911su16b870]

LC Action?

[DriftinG Z32]

LC Action?

LC Action will do it with dept. letter.

[Hateca]

Demetri,

Make sure you read Attorney General Opinion 09-901 before you make the purchase.

In sum, the opinion states that you must surrender the weapon when you retire, or leave peace officer employment, even though it is your personal property.

IMHO, the Opinion probably would not withstand challenge in an objective court, but it still must be reckoned with.

I retired shortly before that “opinion” came out and I can tell you from experience it’s ignored more then you think. I know chiefs of police that pretty much said it’s not their job to police it so screw the AG. Most CA cops retired out of CA anyway. Good luck with the AG trying to get a gun no longer in Commiefornia.

[tgriffin]

River City Gun Exchange is g2g for OP's stated purpose. Thats where I got mine done.

[RickD427]

I agree. But keep in mind there's a bit of "circular logic" involved here.

A lot of agency heads would very much support the AG's view and would work quite hard to recover such weapons. My former agency head certainly would have done so. But those same agency heads would never have issued the letters required for their officer to purchase the AW in the first place, and hence, there would be no such weapons to recover.

OTOH, you're right in that an agency head that would be inclined to author the required letter, is not the kind that's going to seek to later recover the weapon.

The AG Opinion was very poorly written. It lays out an argument that former officers no longer have the same need for the weapon as when they were employed, but it fails to cite any statute that would be violated by their retention of the weapon.

[L-2]

https://www.lcaction.com/guns/assault-weapons-per-califonia-law

Here's LCAction's webpage for semiauto rifles, if you mean rifle by using the "AW" reference.

Also, speak to them about the price should you want something transferred to them, bought from somewhere else, should LC not be able to source it from a supplier for you and you find it on your own. It's transfer prices/fees can vary depending upon what you're having shipped to them.