Darth-Vang
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What’s the requirement to buy ammo in California? Being a resident is obvious...but what’s the rest?
In addition to the above...There is no requirement that the purchaser be a resident.
A background check is required and there are two categories of checks:
1) If the purchaser has a record of firearms transfer or registration in the state's Automated Firearms Registry or if the purchaser has a "Certificate of Eligibility", then they get a background check that costs $1.00. There was a lot of misinformation when the law first went into effect that the purchaser had to have an AFS record in the same caliber as the ammunition being purchased, but no such requirement exists in the statute.
2) Other purchasers get an expanded background check and the fee was $19.00 when I last checked.
California adopted a prohibition on the importation of ammunition from outside of the state at the same time it adopted the background checks.
Yep. And maybe they can take it with them then, maybe not.So someone coming into CA for a tournament that wants to buy ammo has to pay a $19 fee to buy ammo to participate?
IIRC, if you buy ammo from the range, and shoot it all up at the range, you'd be exempt from registration.So someone coming into CA for a tournament that wants to buy ammo has to pay a $19 fee to buy ammo to participate?
Is this another new law?
In the past incarnation, non-residents could bring ammo with them while residents of CA were banned
Non-residents of CA can still bring CA legal ammo to CA for personal use.Is this another new law?
In the past incarnation, non-residents could bring ammo with them while residents of CA were banned
That exemption is still in effect. [PC 30312(c)(9)]IIRC, if you buy ammo from the range, and shoot it all up at the range, you'd be exempt from registration.
But who knows what the law is this instant?
Is it correct that a C&R license holder with a COE is also exempt? I'll be visiting, and someone mentioned that. So I can sell him some of my ammo, no problem?
Is it even possible for the state to trace any ammo that wasn’t bought from Cali? I imagine it doesn’t work very well? Just curious.That's still the case. Here is the text of the California statute (quoted from PC 30314):
"Commencing January 1, 2018, a resident of this state shall not bring or transport into this state any ammunition that he or she purchased or otherwise obtained from outside of this state unless he or she first has that ammunition delivered to a licensed ammunition vendor for delivery to that resident pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 30312."
Is it even possible for the state to trace any ammo that wasn’t bought from Cali? I imagine it doesn’t work very well? Just curious.
If you do not have a REAL ID compliant DL/ID, then you need additional documentation. [11 CCR 4045.1(b),(c)]I didn’t see the two forms of ID requirement mentioned yet . I was turned away the first time I tried because I didn’t have two forms of ID . I then went back the next day only to be denied again because there were no employees on staff at the time authorized to do the background check . Store was Walmart .
See Post #18How is this limiting criminals getting ammo?
I was being a bit sarcastic. Since guns aren't the problem there are no laws that will keep criminals from being criminals.See Post #18
I was being a bit sarcastic. Since guns aren't the problem there are no laws that will keep criminals from being criminals.