I'm just a naive Arizonan, complacent with the idea of purchasing a firearm from another fella with a simple cash transaction and a handshake.
How DO gunshows work in California? If I had a 10 day waiting period to buy anything, I don't think I'd ever go to a gunshow. Too much disincentive.
Posted on: January 15, 2009, 07:44:27 PMPosted by: gunsmith
The 10 day waiting period is not unique to gun shows - it applies to the purchase of any gun.
Buy from your local shop, pick it up ten days later.
A sale between two private parties requires the transaction be conducted through an FFL; the two parties either meet at a shop, or the seller ships the firearm to an FFL designated by the buyer.
No doubt, the ten day waiting period is lame; it was intended to keep hotheads from purchasing a gun and then stepping out of the shop and start spraying boolits.
Never mind that you may already have an 'arsenal' at home. The state doesn't even make an exception for holders of CCWs...sigh.
Sawdust