gt_down_hill
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As you know, AR-15's are banned in CA. I got mine about a year before the ban went into effect. My dad thought it would be a cool high school graduation present for my brother, so he purchased one at the same time and stuck it away, planning on giving it to him when he turned 18 and transferring it then. In CA, intra-family transfers don't require the normal FFL bull????, you just fill out an operation of law form and submit it to CA DOJ along with a $19 fee, and they send you a form certifiying the transfer and new ownership of the gun.
So my dad has this rifle stuck away in the safe, intending to give it as a gift when my brother turns 18. Well, the ban went into effect, and my dad had to register the AR as an assault weapon with the CA DOJ, sending them a thumbprint and signing some paperwork. CA law says a registered assault weapon can't be transferred to another owner in CA, and can't be brought back in the state if it's ever taken out. It says that the weapons can't be given away or sold in the event of a death, which sucks because my father had willed his rather extensive gun collection to me and my brother. There's some really cool stuff in there that will just be confiscated when he dies.
Here's the really crappy part. My brother didn't turn 18 until 3 weeks after the ban had gone into effect, which presumably means my dad can't transfer the rifle to him.
It really sucks that my brother got screwed out of an awesome graduation present because he missed some arbitrary date by 3 weeks. My dad spent over $3000 on a tricked out AR, and now it sits in a ????ing safe. You should've seen the look on my brothers face when he found out he couldn't have his graduation present and would never be able to own an AR in CA. My dad spent a a long time saving for that rifle, and purcahsed a gun that was way beyond his means to reward my brother for getting into an awesome college and being a kickass student. God damn I hate California.
Is there any way around this, any exception in the laws for gifts or inter-family transfers?
So my dad has this rifle stuck away in the safe, intending to give it as a gift when my brother turns 18. Well, the ban went into effect, and my dad had to register the AR as an assault weapon with the CA DOJ, sending them a thumbprint and signing some paperwork. CA law says a registered assault weapon can't be transferred to another owner in CA, and can't be brought back in the state if it's ever taken out. It says that the weapons can't be given away or sold in the event of a death, which sucks because my father had willed his rather extensive gun collection to me and my brother. There's some really cool stuff in there that will just be confiscated when he dies.
Here's the really crappy part. My brother didn't turn 18 until 3 weeks after the ban had gone into effect, which presumably means my dad can't transfer the rifle to him.
It really sucks that my brother got screwed out of an awesome graduation present because he missed some arbitrary date by 3 weeks. My dad spent over $3000 on a tricked out AR, and now it sits in a ????ing safe. You should've seen the look on my brothers face when he found out he couldn't have his graduation present and would never be able to own an AR in CA. My dad spent a a long time saving for that rifle, and purcahsed a gun that was way beyond his means to reward my brother for getting into an awesome college and being a kickass student. God damn I hate California.
Is there any way around this, any exception in the laws for gifts or inter-family transfers?