AW question

[Socalmp5]

I have a friend who wants to send his registered Ar15 lower receiver (2000 Aw ban) to a manufacture to refinish and assemble their upper to the lower.... does he need to ship it and receiver it through an FFL with a dangerous weapons permit ? Or can he send and receive from manufacturer without it?

[ugimports]

It's illegal for him to ship an AW so he must go through an FFL with DWP.

From: https://oag.ca.gov/firearms/regagunfaqs

Can I take a registered assault weapon/.50 BMG rifle to a gunsmith for repairs?

Yes. However, you cannot leave it with the gunsmith unless he or she holds an assault weapon permit or BMG rifle permit respectively. Otherwise, you must remain with the firearm while it is being repaired. If the firearm must be shipped to the manufacturer for repairs, a firearms dealer with an assault weapon permit or .50 BMG rifle permit must handle the shipping.

[Robotron2k84]

I realize that the quote above is on the DOJ’s website, but someone really needs to press them on what regulation supports that view. P.C. 31050 makes no mention of an FFL needing a DWP or AW permit to ship a RAW to the manufacturer for repair. There also, at last check, does not exist a CCR that says such, either.

P.C. 31050

(a) Any licensed gun dealer may take possession of any assault weapon or .50 BMG rifle for the purposes of servicing or repair from any person to whom it is legally registered or who has been issued a permit to possess it pursuant to this chapter.
(b) Any licensed gun dealer may transfer possession of any assault weapon or .50 BMG rifle received pursuant to subdivision (a), to a gunsmith for purposes of accomplishing service or repair of that weapon. A transfer is permissible only to the following persons:
(1) A gunsmith who is in the dealer’s employ.
(2) A gunsmith with whom the dealer has contracted for gunsmithing services.
(c) In order for paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) to apply, the gunsmith receiving the assault weapon or .50 BMG rifle shall hold all of the following:
(1) A dealer’s license issued pursuant to Chapter 44 (commencing with Section 921) of Title 18 of the United States Code and the regulations issued pursuant thereto.
(2) Any business license required by a state or local governmental entity.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6. (SB 1080) Effective January 1, 2011. Operative January 1, 2012, by Sec. 10 of Ch. 711.)