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Posted: 3/2/2006 8:23:07 AM EDT
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No. And that's probably how 90%+ of the pre-2000 AW owners feel. At least that's the claimed non-compliance rate that seems to be bandied around regarding the SB23 registratons. I'm guessing the rate is even higher than that.
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Posted: 3/2/2006 8:31:12 AM EDT
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You're not alone...
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Posted: 3/2/2006 8:39:21 AM EDT
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I see what you mean but why not just build up an 80% lower on your own then? Then there would truly be no trail. I think I may go that route in addition to my lowers.
Edit: I think I read that there may be some legal issues with this involving no Harrot protection |
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Posted: 3/2/2006 9:12:47 AM EDT
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I have thought all along the smartest course of action for DOJ is to simply do nothing in response to the sales of off list lowers. That way people can only build FABforgeries out of them or risk prosecution and no new AW's are added to the AW registry.
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Posted: 3/2/2006 9:13:09 AM EDT
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This gives some insight about building an 80% AR receiver. I still question what it implys with building an 80% AR, but that's current ruling. calgunlaws.com/Docs/ASSAULT%20WEAPONS/Articles/letters060220.PDF I would prefer an updated list that allows us all the bells and whistles. I still believe the DOJ does not have to (and may not) update the list since SB-23 covers the evil feature issues. |
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Posted: 3/2/2006 9:23:19 AM EDT
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i registered all of my evil rifles in 2000. i can take them anywhere legal to use them without fear of getting busted. all of the people that did not and did not move them out of state have criminal charges waiting for them. all it takes is a heated argument with some one who knows what you have. if i had some one that lived in another state i would have moved some of my rifles instead of registering all of them but i don't. for those that don't want to be on "the list" well you are already on it bud. i am sure the DROS record is thrown out after 24 hours wink wink. they are never going to go door to door to get our registered assault weapons. the worst they would do is make you move them out of state. i doubt they will ever do that because they already will be gone by 2050 or so when the legal owners are dead. i undertand that some registered their rifles to a corp. or trust but i don't think "they" will let those rifles be transfered to new owners.
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Posted: 3/2/2006 10:49:00 AM EDT
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I used to buy lowers 3 at a time for $79.99 each. I registered most of them. Sold some before the ban took effect, and stored the rest out of state. |
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Posted: 3/2/2006 11:10:44 AM EDT
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I do not think the writer of that DOJ memo thought about some of the issues surrounding Harrott listability. I think a case could be made that since a homebuilt lower is not listable (i.e., not a series member until listed in CCR 979.11), it could fall back under Kasler ("an AR is an AR is an AR..."). I'm not saying this WILL happen, I'm saying that it could be a reasonable risk at the local DA level even if DOJ doesn't think of it that way. There's simply no need to do a homebuilt lower when you can get an off-list lower. And there is also ZERO chance that a homebuilt lower would ever 'get listed'. Bill W. San Jose CA |
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Posted: 3/2/2006 2:41:25 PM EDT
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It's good to have a registered AR when you want to go out and practice. |
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Posted: 3/2/2006 2:52:44 PM EDT
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Yes, felonies are nice to avoid. Most folks don't realize it's worse to transport an unreg'd AW than simply to possess it. Traffic stop = lifetime firearms ban due to felony 12280a bust. A lawyer told me, though, that most AW busts are due to domestic situations. Any reason emergency personnel can come to your house can be a triggering event. And I'd bet a bust for an unreg'd AW, in combination w/any address change recorded as part of your driver's license update, could demonstrate illegal AW transport as well. Bill Wiese San Jose |
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Posted: 3/2/2006 3:27:34 PM EDT
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If their goal is simply to harass lawabiding gun owners, that would be correct. If the goal is to make it difficult for the real bad guys to obtain weapons, then that's a joke response. |
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Posted: 3/2/2006 4:13:40 PM EDT
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The sad thing is, there are tons of laws in existance for years prohibiting criminals from having an off-list lower and every other kind of gun. A ton more laws won't make it any more illegal for criminals to have guns. The intent of every new gun law in California is to harass law abiding gun owners. |
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Posted: 3/2/2006 8:40:25 PM EDT
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Yeah, I'm sure too. I don't feel so bad with the DROS tho, cause every 5th person in this state is gonna have a DROS with their name on it.
Ehhhhh, not everyone believes the same as you. But that doesn't also mean everyone's wearing the foil caps. |
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Posted: 3/2/2006 9:08:11 PM EDT
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Since the DROS record only shows "long gun" I guess it really doesn't matter does it? DOJ doesn't know who owns assault weapons unless they were told by those registering them. To get make and model info DOJ has to get that from individual FFL records. |
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Posted: 3/2/2006 10:55:55 PM EDT
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nevermind
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Posted: 3/2/2006 11:17:41 PM EDT
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Well, yes, there are still some folks that are still "unclear on the concept". If you really want what you say you want, just go get a FAB10. The DOJ has your name anyway if you've bought any papered guns. |
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Posted: 3/3/2006 3:21:37 PM EDT
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But that becomes problematic the next time someone is arrested for an unregistered "assault weapon". "Your Honor, the rifle I have is identical to every one of the rifles on this list that the Attorney General has refused to designate as 'assault weapons'." No, unfortunately, at this point, we're going to see a new "assault weapon" ban. Instead of worrying about a list of "evil" features or models, they'll likely ban all magazine-fed centerfire rifles period. SB23 / Kasler / Herrott is clearly unworkable, but in California that doesn't mean scrap the whole mess. It means the ban just wasn't far-reaching enough. |
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Posted: 3/3/2006 3:59:52 PM EDT
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Its not identical unless its built with a detachable mag and pistol grip. Build it as a FABforgery and your fine. Build it as an AW/SBR/Full auto and you get prosecuted. It's the no work solution for DOJ.
I believe you are 100% correct on that point. |
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Posted: 3/4/2006 9:34:29 AM EDT
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Its not identical unless its built with a detachable mag and pistol grip. Build it as a FABforgery and your fine. Build it as an AW/SBR/Full auto and you get prosecuted. It's the no work solution for DOJ. That's the point, though... take a new lower and build it as it was meant to be built. Get arrested for possession of an "assault weapon". Your defense is that the AG has refused to designate your rifle as an "assault weapon". That opens up the features list to judicial scrutiny... the named list had to be very specific, and here's a rifle that is not on the named list but identical to other rifles that are. The waters get muddied, and nobody really wants that. Well, we think we do... anything other than an outright ban is bliss to us (how sad is that?) But the response to "muddied waters" is a call for new legislation to "fix" the problems. |
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Posted: 3/4/2006 10:40:36 AM EDT
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Why is it that people on this board are always talking about "...when you get prosecuted"..."going away in cuffs"...."when you get busted"...geez. A great deal of tinfoil around here. Mace |
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Posted: 3/4/2006 4:12:32 PM EDT
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Hi Mace...
Good meeting you at SJ Airport after SHOT Show. Ordinarily that might be the case. AW violations have been, apparently, treated w/benign neglect, usu a tack-on crime. But there's extraordinary attention to AW stuff now that we've got all these lowers into CA. I would expect to see quite a few AW busts in the next few months from people that haven't built them properly (didn't read the faq, etc.) and had an open magwell with pistolg grip, etc. Bill Wiese San Jose CA |
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Posted: 3/4/2006 9:43:10 PM EDT
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Likewise Bill! Good to put a face with the name after all this time.
I would expect to see quite a few AW busts in the next few months from people that haven't built them properly /quote] Agreed. (2) things are needed. Time and patience... Mace |
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Posted: 3/5/2006 7:47:04 AM EDT
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Don't forget #3, Reading comprehension skills. In the last few years I've come to the conclusion that many people just lack the ability to understand something that is in writing. |
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