NFA AOW transfer to California resident?

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Can Quiet please provide a reference for the CA classification of the Game Getter as a pistol rather than AOW? I'm a beginning (mostly pistol) collector and this opens up my possibilities a bit. Also, great post! Thanks.
Under CA laws...

A firearm with a less than 16" barrel is a "handgun". [PC 16640 & 16530]

Title 2 AOW is only recognized as an exemption to CA generall prohibited weapons laws. [PC 17710(a)]
^Except for Title 2 AOW that are "pen guns". [PC 17710(c)]

Since the CA DROS system only has "handgun" and "long gun" (it does not have an option for "other"), firearms transferred through a CA FFL dealer will be processed as either a "handgun" or a "long gun".

Because Title 2 AOW have barrel lengths of less than 16", they are processed through the CA DROS system as a "handgun".

Since CA views them as "handguns", they need to be compliant with CA assault weapons law for handguns and with CA unsafe handgun laws.
^There is no Title 2 AOW exemption to those CA laws.
 
Don't forget that under federal law the father must submit and receive back a completed Form 4 before step 2 can take place. Remember, a Form 4 is needed for an individual to transfer an NFA item to an FFL/SOT, as well as the other way around. Therefore, interstate NFA transfers require two consecutive Form 4s.

From my ATF link in post #2 (emphasis added):
Good catch. Forgot about that.
 
Thank you gentlemen. Can a Bequest occur before death of the giver? As I recall, a transfer as part of an inheritance transfers tax free, but the tax on AOW is only $5, so that's not really an issue.

Can anyone supply the name of a gun savvy lawyer in the LA/Glendora area that I can pass along to the son?

Thanks again.
 
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