To begin, I'm completely against these proposed laws, as I am with the entire batch of proposed anti-gun laws currently in the Senate here. I'm following these two with interest though, because Law Enforcement originally kind of sold the rest of us out with these laws because they were exempt, so LE was for them. These two new bills would somewhat remove the LE exemption.
Each bill addresses our stupid "safe handgun list" which actually has nothing to do with safety, ESPECIALLY because of the fact that LE has been exempt. Any LEO can buy and carry any handgun not on the safe list, which should be counter-intuitive to the anti's, since to their way of thinking, it's the police that shoot more, so if a cop has an "unsafe" handgun, shouldn't there be a higher probability that they will have an accident with it?
The other stupid thing about this "safe handgun list" that I recently found out about is what's called the "single shot exemption". Any handgun not on the safe list can be purchased and owned by a CA resident if you do the following:
1) Buy the handgun.
2) Ship it to a gunsmith in Medford Oregon.
3) Said gunsmith puts a 6" barrel on the gun and installs a magazine block so it can only fire one round at a time.
4) Arrange to have it sent to your local FFL, pay the state DROS fees, and wait your ten days.
5) Pick up the gun and take it home.
6) When you get home, remove the 6" barrel and magazine block and send them back to the OR gunsmith.
7) Reinstall the included original barrel and a 10 round magazine.
8 ) You now have a CA legal "safe" handgun.
Anyway, these are the bills:
AB 2549, introduced by state Assembly Member Isadore Hall (D-52), ignores many of the fundamental legal issues that have been created by the firearms polices and regulations of the California Department of Justice. One specific section of AB 2549 will allow only a law enforcement officer to request to retain one of the personally owned and regulated firearms should they leave their issuing agency, the rest of their personally owned and regulated firearms will confiscated and /or surrendered for disposal. These regulated firearms can only be owned by law enforcement officers if he/she has received a letter from their issuing agency first and can only keep one firearm with the approval of the head of the agency.
AB 2460, introduced by state Assembly Member Roger Dickinson (D-9), would ban the private party transfer or sale of handguns that are not on the California Approved Handgun Roster by law enforcement officers.
