In buying this fancy guide rod for my Walther PDP pistol — it’s a pretty good upgrade for about $100 by the way, similar in effect to having an integral comp — I had my first experience buying something online under California’s ridiculous new AB 1263 regime that adds hurdles to the process of buying gun parts.
I found it on eBay and bought it, hoping that maybe I’d get lucky and the seller wouldn’t know about our latest unconstitutional law. No such luck.
I got the following message.
At this point, I appreciate that the seller is trying to serve Californians at all. Many others, including some major manufacturers and retailers are refusing to do so. They’re either too intimidated to figure out how the law works or they’re just over California’s bullshit and only ship parts to FFLs now to let them deal with it.
As the email indicated, I had to fill out the bottom of this form and sign, then scan it and send it to them.
I also had to scan a copy of my driver’s license and send that as well. And the address on the driver’s license must match the shipping address or they can’t send it to me. Thankfully, the address on my DL is current. Once that’s done, they’ll ship the item to me with adult signature-on-delivery required.
But…because the rod arrived two days early, I wasn’t home. The post office couldn’t just leave it, so they left a notice to reschedule the delivery. I tried that, setting the second delivery attempt for the following day.
And…nothing happened. The online tracking status just said “delivery scheduled,” even after the rescheduled day came and went. So yesterday I went to the post office and picked the guide rod up from directly. All of this over a deadly item like a damned guide rod.
That’s where we are here now in California. And the Ninth Circuit won’t care because as they see it, none of this is a “meaningful constraint” on the right to keep and bear arms. But God forbid anyone ask people to show an ID when they vote.
Kostas Moros is Director of Legal Research and Education for the Second Amendment Foundation.
Maybe it’s time to get out of the Communist state and move back to America.
Or maybe not. Some of us are staunchly conservative, born and raised here, multi-generational family lines here, and are *very* interested in the potential for a GOP takeover in both the Governor and L.A. Mayor races due to recent twists. Remember that CA was a full red State back in the ’80s and still red-leaning in the ’90s. The exodus of so many conservatives (as you seem to counsel us to do…just leave and abandon our home) has contributed greatly to the lurch leftward due to the decreased conservative voting bloc. Well, we might not swing back to red anytime soon, but the potential of seeing some key offices occupied (finally!) by conservatives will at least be enough to halt the Leftist/Communist steamroller machine we’ve had here for 20 years.
Back in the ’80s, people would have laughed at you if you told them CA would be a full Leftard state one day. Now, people like you laugh about the pendulum possibly swinging back in the right direction. Time will tell. In the meantime, there are many true patriots here who are fighting for our home.
I had a similar problem with getting rifle scope covers! Scope covers are fun parts now??
What horse hockey!!!
That is why we need to vote ted
Kostas-
Did kommiefornia require a serial number to be on the Walther guide rod?
The gun banning groups , Brady, Everytown and Giffords, are telling their gun banning democrat friends to pass stupid laws like this, not to stop criminals, but to make it a hassle for law abiding American gun owners.
Articles mention that several states far leftist democrats are pushing for serial numbers on gun barrels and other parts.
What exactly will this do? Give p9lice more records and files on law abiding gun owners?
Meanwhile, the 13% do drive by shootings and if and when they are ever caught, they are let go with a warning not to do that again.