Creeping Incrementalism
Member
I was browsing Cheaper than Dirt and looked at the items they would not ship to California. These items are legal to import, in-and-of themselves, except for the >10 fixed mag. They are legal to mount on registered assault weapons, off-list semi-autos that don't meet the assault weapon features test, or to only attach while out-of-state, and on all rimfires or non-autoloaders. Something like 30,000 off-list AR lowers have been imported to the state lately, and since they will have a 10-round fixed mag, they don't meet the features test, and people can mount all this. CTD says its policy is
I emailed CTD about this, but got no response. I won't be doing business with them any longer, and I hope others avoid them as well. I've also compared prices, and noticed they are almost always a little bit more expensive than MidwayUSA.
A partial list of items they won't ship here is:
This is from http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/restrict.asp.
But that's just not the case here. California has state preemption of firearms laws, so local restrictions aren't an issue (though we are still waiting on the SF ban, the enforcement of which keeps getting pushed back in the meantime).The following products cannot be SHIPPED to ADDRESSES in the states, counties or cities indicated. Many products are legal to own, but some state laws make it illegal to buy them via the internet or mail order.
I emailed CTD about this, but got no response. I won't be doing business with them any longer, and I hope others avoid them as well. I've also compared prices, and noticed they are almost always a little bit more expensive than MidwayUSA.
A partial list of items they won't ship here is:
Assault weapon gear:
California
Rifles:
Folding stocks
Thumbhole stocks
Telescoping stocks
Protruding pistol grip
Flash supressor
Forward pistol grip
Pistols:
Second handgrip
Shroud (except for a slide)
Detachable mag outside the pistol grip
Threaded barrel that accommodates a flash suppressor, forward handgrip or silencer
Fixed high-cap mag
Shotguns:
Folding stocks
Thumbhole stocks
Telescoping stocks
Protruding pistol grip
Detachable mag
Revolving cylinder
This is from http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/restrict.asp.