(CA) Is there a limit to how much ammo a citizen can have?

[Ridgerunner665]

Only if they know you have it...so far ammo is not serialized (yet)...so they have no way of knowing how much you have if you don't tell them.

EDIT: They made a mountain out of a mole hill when dealing with that guy...if he had meant anybody any harm it would have been one heck of a firefight...and I have more guns than he had...in Tennessee its called a "collection'...not an "arsenal".

 

[rbernie]

1776 - do you have an actual cite for that tidbit?

ETA - the only mention that I have heard of in USAPA was in Section 315, adding ammunition and gun smuggling into the defintion of money laundering.

 

[ilbob]

There are some localities that have fire codes that limit the amount of ammo one can have, along with primers and powder. They are rarely enforced, because who knows about the laws in the first place, and who is going to cite you?

In fact, many localities limit how much gasoline you can store in your garage. In some areas, that 5 gallon can of gas in the garage for your lawn mower is not legal if it is full.

I am not sure it is true, but my brother told me once that the city he lives in has a 5 gallon limit on storage of flammable liquids in a residential garage. If you figure in paint thinner, kerosene (think portable heaters), solvents, gasoline, etc., many people are way over that limit.

I think there is even a limit on how much propane you are allowed to store.

 

[Augustwest]

Correction, the President passed in the Patriot Act that a US citizen can own a max of 700 rounds of ammo!!!
The only way around it is to get a FFL ( federal firearms license ) that makes you a dealer.

This simply isn't true.

There are many things to hate about the USA PATRIOT Act, and we'd be much better off focusing on those things than on issues that don't exist. It hurts the credibility of freedom lovers everywhere when people make stuff like that up.

As a small aside, the House and Senate pass laws, and the President signs them...