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...wouldn't that be a tacit admission to DOJ that you were in violation of the AR/AK "series" registration requirement before it was overturned in the CA Supreme Court? Think about it. That may come back and bite you in the ass.
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Wouldn't that be akin to arresting a drunk for violation of the 18th amendment?
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No, the 18th Amendment was repealed. But anyone who has been paying attention knows that virtually nothing in California is written in stone.
Part of RR '89 was overturned on appeal several years ago, then another court upheld the ban. HCI sued former Attorney General Dan Lundgren for accepting late registrations, then current Attorney General Bill Lockyer decided not to fight the lawsuit so HCI won. Late registrants received a letter from DOJ telling them to relinquish their firearms to the police or move them out of state.
Then there was the SKS "buyback" program. And the guy who was told in writing by DOJ before moving here from out of state that his weapon was legal, only to be told to turn it over to the police after he moved here. Plus the cop in Riverside County who was charged with possession of an unregistered assault weapon and lost his job. The weapon wasn't on the list, but he's spent thousands of dollars fighting it out in court. Remember the "SB23 compliant" buttstocks? Pretty useless now, eh?
The law in California is so vague, cops, courts, lawmakers and private citizens all have a hard time understanding it. "Yes, you can have that... no, you can't have that... turn it in... oh wait, that's ok, you can have that... no you can't... etc"
This latest decision isn't the last word on this. Get ready for another round of appeals, DOJ clarifications and lawsuits.