owning handguns in california is a PIA!

[vash]

SOB's!!!!

bro gave me a sig 10 years ago. like a good citizen, i took it to a gunshop to let him hang onto it for 10 days, while the paperwork clears. he said it wasnt needed, since my bro gave it to me. he directed me to fill out a form for family transfer..something like $12..viola!

fast foward to today. got a glock on the way. again, from my bro. thought i could do it the same way. turns out, siblings do not count as "immediate family". WTF? is pistol #1 -illegal? called DOJ. nice lady, told me gun#1 is probably ok, but i filled out a new form, had it NOTARIZED, sent it for my personal list of registered firearms.. 6 weeks to find out if it is legit. if not, back to square one...off to a gun dealer. i didnt even mention...i havent taken the pistol certification test! i'm doing that tonight..i think.

[island911]

...shall not be infringed.

Clearly stated, so you must be doing something wrong.

[71T Targa]

My last two were shipped to a friend who has a FFL. We filled out the paperwork, and he filed it in case he ever gets audited.

No state, county, or city involvement. The way it was meant to be.

[dd74]

That's why I stick with noon chucks.

[Burnin' oil]

So many of California's gun and knife laws make zero sense and do nothing but create red tape and criminalize non-criminal acts. Good luck with all that.

[dd74]

Today guns. Tomorrow, our cars. Just wait and see...

[Burnin' oil]

Originally Posted by dd74

That's why I stick with noon chucks.

And butter-fly knives, don't forget the butter-fly knives.

[Rikao4]

you could deliver the paperwork by plane..

Rika

[Porsche-O-Phile]

It's okay because all the criminals, gang bangers, home invaders, robbers, thugs and scumbags all have to jump through the same hoops.

There are some things I REALLY do NOT miss about living in CA. The idiocy of their gun laws is certainly right up there.

[m21sniper]

I could just never live there.

Now if you excuse me i think i'll strap my loaded pistol to my hip and go wander the streets of Philly perfectly legally.

[dewolf]

Originally Posted by m21sniper

Now if you excuse me i think i'll strap my loaded pistol to my hip and go wander the streets of Philly perfectly legally.

Don't take this the wrong way......it's merely a question from someone who lives without a firearm, so just getting another view...yours.

If you're unarmed, would you engage someone who.......let's say.....mouths off at you in the street, threatening to beat you to a pulp, in the same way you would if you were armed?

[Rick Lee]

IF I ever had to move to KA, I'd totally ignore the gun laws. When laws get to be that stupid, I consider them optional.

[targa911S]

Come to PA, it's almost Texas!

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by targa911S

Come to PA, it's almost Texas!

We can't open carry in Texas. Texas isn't "Texas".

[Taz's Master]

Here in PA, the prospect of our neighbors legally bearing arms isn't so threatening that we feel the need to sacrifice our own freedom in order to restrict our neighbors' liberty.

[Rick V]

Originally Posted by dewolf

Don't take this the wrong way......it's merely a question from someone who lives without a firearm, so just getting another view...yours.

If you're unarmed, would you engage someone who.......let's say.....mouths off at you in the street, threatening to beat you to a pulp, in the same way you would if you were armed?

How about mine.
The answer is no, when I have my pistol, I am less likely to engage someone who mouths off at me. You can kinda think of it from the standpoint that my pistol makes me think a lot harder about the consequences. That and I will tell them that they are mouthing off to an armed person. When I am unarmed, I will invite someone to try and beat me to a pulp. I will swing fast if provoked. I have a very bad temper, and I am not a small or out of shape person.
Being a person who doesn't own a fire arm I don't expect my answer to make sense to you. But that is my mind set.

[Burnin' oil]

Originally Posted by dewolf

. . .
If you're unarmed, would you engage someone who.......let's say.....mouths off at you in the street, threatening to beat you to a pulp, in the same way you would if you were armed?

No. My shoulder hurts so badly right now that I am essentially defenseless, and very crabby, so if I was armed, I would shoot the SOB.

[m21sniper]

Originally Posted by dewolf

Don't take this the wrong way......it's merely a question from someone who lives without a firearm, so just getting another view...yours.

If you're unarmed, would you engage someone who.......let's say.....mouths off at you in the street, threatening to beat you to a pulp, in the same way you would if you were armed?

I've actually been in several fist fights over the years with a gun on my person, and never drawn it for such a reason.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

An armed society is a polite society.

[vash]

well, passed the handgun safety cert test. i dead person could score at least an 80!