Pistols - California Editions UGH!

[wadeestes]

I believe IF the serial number is on the slide, that is the "gun" so you couldn't trade slides. If the serial number is on the frame, you should be good to go for anything the manufacturer says will fit on your frame.
A sad fellow Californian

 

[9mmepiphany]

Can you change the slide and it stay the same gun? Like the SIG p250. You can only get the subcompact in 9mm. The whole platform is modular, so I can buy a full size 45 kit right?
Or does my logic make too much sense for this state?

I'm sorry it took so long to address your question.

Once you own it legally, you can change anything you want on it as long as you don't make it an SBR, add a threaded barrel, or add a forward grip to it

 

[Teachu2]

It is odd here in CA.....if a pistol is not on the roster it is "unsafe". Now, a cop can buy (and carry) this pistol. So, according to CA law it is OK for a cop to buy an unsafe pistol but not anybody else.

Makes no sense at all. None.

Even better - he can "decide he doesn't want it" and sell it as a Private Party Transfer to any civilian that isn't a Prohibited Person. Several LAPD officers are selling them at way over list.

 

[bainter1212]

Even better - he can "decide he doesn't want it" and sell it as a Private Party Transfer to any civilian that isn't a Prohibited Person. Several LAPD officers are selling them at way over list.

Sacramento PD officers were caught straw buying off roster guns for their civilian friends awhile back. Big stink.
They were disciplined ( although NOT charged for felony straw purchase, which rankles me a bit).

 

[9mmepiphany]

Just as a point of clarification, they were never charged with making a straw purchase, because they never did.

What they were charged with was conducting a business without a license by making too many transaction during the year

 

[Quiet]

Just as a point of clarification, they were never charged with making a straw purchase, because they never did.

What they were charged with was conducting a business without a license by making too many transaction during the year

Correct.

And as a result, various CA LE agencies started implementing policy that prohibits their LEOs from purchasing non-Roster handguns for non-official use (only for on/off-duty use) and from transferring non-Roster handguns to any non-LEO. Violating the policy is grounds for termination of employment.

 

[Queen_of_Thunder]

I read somewhere that Ruger is allowing its firearms to drop off the list and S&W is allowing their M&P's to do the same. Any truth to that.

 

[Quiet]

I read somewhere that Ruger is allowing its firearms to drop off the list and S&W is allowing their M&P's to do the same. Any truth to that.

Ruger made an official announcement during the 2014 SHOT Show.

Due to the costs associated with submitting a semi-auto pistol and all the mandated features (chamber load indicator, magazine disconnect mechanism, microstamping array) required for semi-auto pistols...

Ruger has decided to:
1. No longer submit semi-auto pistols for testing to be Roster of Handguns Certified for Sale.
2. Let all semi-auto pistols expire off the Roster of Handguns Certified for Sale.

This decision does not effect revolvers, rifles or shotguns.

It now appears that S&W is also adhering to what Ruger has decided to do.
No official announcement, just unofficial word of mouth and actual acts (not renewing expired semi-auto pistols).
The S&W decision does not effect LE sales/contracts.

 

[Midwest]

CA's unsafe handgun laws, which created the Roster of Handguns Certified for Sale, are a prime example of what happens when gun owners do not stand united and only look out for their own special interest.

And California isn't the only state that uses a 'roster list', so does Massachusetts.

http://www.mass.gov/eopss/docs/chsb/firearms/approvedfirearmsroster05-2013amended.pdf

 

[stevek]

Amen brother! Tried to quote post # 6 above, but there was a glitch somewhere...