billwiese
Member
Okay folks....
This may only be of interest to Californians (given our screwed up laws and screwed up legislators...)
Some of you may be aware that AR/AK fever has taken off in California, since unlisted receivers (those not banned on a special list) can be built up into fixed-mag or pistol-grip-free rifles. (There is hope they get declared as assault weapons and then evil features can be attached after registration. This is the one and only time where registration is useful.)
This "2nd-hand reliable" - that is, from a smart, reliable person who has contact with mid-level DOJ Firearms staff about various other matters.
Apparently way more significant off-list action has been happening in SoCal than I thought.
The DOJ seems to think, from audits and other stats, that there are around new 30,000 off-list lowers (not sure how many are AKs vs ARs - or nonAK/nonAR like FAL clones, but prob a very small percentage) that have made it into CA. I'm also not sure if that number includes early stuff that didn't get listed since 2000 and not reg'd as AW (if there's a way to determine that).
Baby, that's some momentum. With numbers like that, they gotta list.
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Bill Wiese
San Jose, CA
This may only be of interest to Californians (given our screwed up laws and screwed up legislators...)
Some of you may be aware that AR/AK fever has taken off in California, since unlisted receivers (those not banned on a special list) can be built up into fixed-mag or pistol-grip-free rifles. (There is hope they get declared as assault weapons and then evil features can be attached after registration. This is the one and only time where registration is useful.)
This "2nd-hand reliable" - that is, from a smart, reliable person who has contact with mid-level DOJ Firearms staff about various other matters.
Apparently way more significant off-list action has been happening in SoCal than I thought.
The DOJ seems to think, from audits and other stats, that there are around new 30,000 off-list lowers (not sure how many are AKs vs ARs - or nonAK/nonAR like FAL clones, but prob a very small percentage) that have made it into CA. I'm also not sure if that number includes early stuff that didn't get listed since 2000 and not reg'd as AW (if there's a way to determine that).
Baby, that's some momentum. With numbers like that, they gotta list.
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Bill Wiese
San Jose, CA