military question

[AEC1]

I have a question that the Google search couldn't help with. My wife and I are FL residents and I am AD military here in CA. We both want to purchase pistols, can she dros and purchase a gun in CA with a FL drivers license, dependent ID and my orders?

[Quiet]

No.

But, you can purchase a firearm in CA with your military ID and orders for CA.

[daves100]

CA

What about if she gets a CA ID will that work?

[BannedinBritain]

What about if she gets a CA ID will that work?

CA ID solves the problem. With a handgun, she would need CA ID, HSC, and secondary proof of residency.

[AEC1]

CA ID solves the problem. With a handgun, she would need CA ID, HSC, and secondary proof of residency.

Why should she have to resign her residency just because her husband is in the military?

[Disgruntled Gunny]

Getting a California drivers license doesnt resign her residency. Residency is determined by who you pay taxes to. Just having a California driver's license doesn't change it.

[Librarian]

Getting a California drivers license doesnt resign her residency. Residency is determined by who you pay taxes to. Just having a California driver's license doesn't change it.

Feds think it's a bit more complicated than that - see

http://wiki.calgunsfoundation.org/index.php/Federal_residency_requirements

[AEC1]

Getting a California drivers license doesnt resign her residency. Residency is determined by who you pay taxes to. Just having a California driver's license doesn't change it.

But it does take away her right to vote, and to claim homestead exemption in her home state.

[AEC1]

So if I purchase a weapon in my name in order to gift it to her, am I making an illegal straw purchase?

[Tripper]

No, that's not a straw purchase, I think gifting is even mentioned somewhere as ok. It would be wise for her to at least have an hsc card, I find it hard to blv she can't purchase it on her own with your orders since it is her legit reason for living in the state, Just my opinion in that part
Good luck

[BannedinBritain]

So if I purchase a weapon in my name in order to gift it to her, am I making an illegal straw purchase?

Only if she is a prohibited person.

Married couples are exempt from using an FFL (don't count assault weapons in that category...they are their own animal in CA). If you purchased a firearm, long gun or handgun, you can then give it to your wife. For a long gun, there is no paperwork required...in the case of a handgun, she would simply have to have an HSC card, and would have to fill out a Report of Operation of Law or Intra-Familial Handgun Transaction form and mail it with a check for $19 to DOJ.

[daves100]

CA ID

Getting a CA ID is just a ID and you give nothing up from your home state.

[AEC1]

Is a FL dl that list her address in CA a valid prof of residency?

[BannedinBritain]

Is a FL dl that list her address in CA a valid prof of residency?

There are only three things CA accepts as valid ID...CA DL, CA ID, military ID with orders to a duty station in CA. If you don't have one of those three things...you cannot buy a modern firearm in CA. If she had a CA ID as the primary, and the FL DL with her current address on it, she could use it as a secondary proof of residency for a handgun purchase.