I have the California codes up on my computer. I'm trying to find anything that says that the bullet button or similar feature waives the "Generic Characteristics" section of the code. I have never actually operated a gun with a bullet button. Even the name makes it seem completely ridiculous though. Because you can operate the mag release with a recessed button it is ok? You gotta admit - that's pretty moronic. And once you release the mag and insert a 30 round clip, that gun is illegal so....
Apparently, the rifle my dad was forced to give up was a pre-ban AR that they made people register in order to keep and then decided to change that law as well. So even though the rifle really is no different in capabilities than those not on the list, it is considered illegal and must be forfeited. Cuzzzzzzz that makes sense.
Trust me, the bullet button makes it no longer qualified as an assault weapon, because it means that there is no longer a detachable magazine. Even though, yes the magazine is detachable, because it requires a tool, it's considered okay. The bullet button is actually something new and the law was pretty fuzzy until just a few years ago. The name comes from the fact that a tip of a bullet can be the "tool" that allows the magazine to be detached. It's a fuzzy workaround to the law, but it's the way the law is now... If not that my work is selling a lot of illegal cops, and given that LAPD has a permanent range set up here, and we have had plenty of lawyers make sure that we're okay, at the ATF doing spot-checks constantly, I know it's legal. Inserting a 30 round magazine does make it illegal though, same as removing the bulletbutton.
Also, if your dad bought his AR before the ban and it was registered in CA, he didn't actually have to give it up. They just made it seem that way, but it wasn't the case. He just had to make sure it was registered in CA before the deadline (1999 I believe), and he would be okay to use it still. Unless he was out of state.
From my understanding, they are not approving any new handguns that are capable of accepting hi-cap mags. I'm only going by what I have read. The new testing requirements are pretty vague.
They are, because otherwise that would essentially mean that no semi-autos would be on the roster, and while CA loves to push the envelope, it's pretty unlikely that would fly in court. Additionally I'm quite certain that I would have heard about that one. Right now the big law they're trying to get on the ballot would require a special licence to purchase and sell ammo, which would drive up the costs and make it very difficult to get ammo.
Don't get what you mean here.
Most pistols can accept a magazine of basically any size.. My 229 for example could take a 500 round magazine stick as long as it was the right dimensions. So saying that they wont allow pistols that can accept any high capacity magazines, basically means they ban any semi-auto pistols, which leaves only revolvers left on the roster. That's not a law currently on the books, we can still buy handguns.
