Whats the deal with the 10 day wait in cali

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Hey guys,

do they actually put off doing the background check in California until some time into the 10 days, or do they do like everybody else and phone it in right away, the use the 10 days for "cooling off"?

just was wondering because of the guns that i have bought in california, i dont ever remember them phoning me in, at least not while i have been there.

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Jamie
 
The waiting period used to be 15 days. That was because the Dealer's Report of Sale was mailed to the Department of Justice and copies sent to local law enforcement.

The legislature pressured DOJ to come up with a faster means of checking prospective buyers and to reduce the waiting period.

DOJ came up with a phone call method of reporting the prospective sale and buyer. It was agreed this saved five days in mailing time.

A few years ago, DOJ converted from the phone call method to Internet means of electronically reporting the prospective sale and buyer.

The current 10 days remains in place as a "cooling off" period.

Pilgrim
 
Seems silly to have a cooling off period if someone's already on record as having previously purchased guns... but hey, that's just me thinking out loud.
 
Seems silly to have a cooling off period if someone's already on record as having previously purchased guns... but hey, that's just me thinking out loud.
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Or the purchaser has any sort of weapon available ... baseball bat ... steak knives .... two by fours .... and so on.
 
It is pretty humorous that you could own 250 guns already, but I'll be damned if they give you number 251 before the 10 days, just so you can cool off and not hurt anyone.:rolleyes:
 
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The purpose of a waiting period is to be an inconvenience. If purchasing firearms is inconvenient, there will be fewer firearms in people's hands. Over time, there will be fewer firearms "outstanding".
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That's the plan, at any rate. I don't think it has had the impact the designers hoped it would have.

It would have worked better on donuts or washing machines. Firearms are surprisingly sturdy, and don't exit the potential marketplace all that quickly. Milsurps are a good example. Ever have a dryer that lasted seventy years? A hundred?
 
It's a stupid system and it probably has not stopped anyone from getting a gun.

"Have you done anything within the 10 days?"

"Of course I'll tell you. I killed three people."
 
Not to be a jackleg or anything, but California is notorious for their strict gun laws. If I lived there, I'd move to Florida.
 
It's nothing but an ongoing pain in the hindquarters, esp, as has already been mentioned, if you already own guns, what's the point?

The waiting period, the "gun tax" of a new $10 lock every time you buy a gun, even a wallhanger C&R that you couldn't find the ammo for if you wanted to. So on and so forth. CA is just a drag state to be a gun owner in.
 
I believe the 10 day is for cooling off
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Maybe it's to give you time to order and receive all the cool tactical accessories for your new firearm since UPS ground takes about a week...oh wait, California, can't get evil looking things shipped there.

Seems silly to have a cooling off period if someone's already on record as having previously purchased guns... but hey, that's just me thinking out loud.
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Don't do that. Rational thought is not allowed in Kali!

I start doing the impatient toe tapping if it takes more than 5 minutes here.

If someone was going to do something heinous in the heat of the moment, the home is full of deadly objects. Why spend $500 on a gun when there is a butcher knife in the kitchen or a baseball bat in the closet? 10 days or 1 gun a month is to desensitize us to restrictions incrementally. If it was truly about stopping crimes they would have repealed it after seeing it had no effect. The I in NICS stands for "instant" so they probably wait until the end to make sure you haven't been running over little old ladies during your wait.
 
"CA is just a drag state to be a gun owner in."
Yup, I remember that a lot of folks were upset back in ought 92 during the Greater Los Angeles County Inter-Ethnic Summer Festival of 1992 (aka the Rodney King Riots). Suddenly they realized they might need a gun and were told the cooling off period was 15 days and, oh, and by the way all firearms deliveries in process have been suspended for the duration of the disturbance. How dare those Korean businessmen actually think about shooting good Democratic voters just because they were looting and burning everything in sight? I recall Sarah Brady stating most unequivocally that the last circumstances under which people should have guns is during times of social disorder. After all- they might shoot someone. You can bet your booties the next time it happens the authorities will be busy stealing your guns while the ravening hoardes pillage unhampered. We were in the process of getting out and moving to WA State in May of '92. That's one decision I have never regretted. The weather may suck, but I don't have to beg faceless bureaucrats to exercise the rights of a free man.
 
Noxx, the law states that you have to buy a gun lock when you buy a gun, but it doesn't say that you shall not return it for a full refund when you pick your gun up at the end of the ten day waiting period. It's just another stupid California law that doesn't work.
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