CA DOJ

[popeels09]

This has probably been answered before, but I could not find it. My friend asked me if the P-64 is CADOJ legal. Could not find it on their list or by googling.....

[mikeh1]

it's not, I don't think it has ever been on the "list"

I wanted a P-64, but settled on a PA-63, which was de-listed last year. To keep a firearm on the list, each year the manufacturer or importer has to submit a firearm to the CaDOJ to be "tested".

[popeels09]

Re-tested every year? So if you buy it and it is approved one year, and de-listed the next do you have to surrender it to the Peoples Republic?

[dfunk]

Do they get de-listed? I know they have to have certain requirements per CA DOJ to be acceptable, so I'm not sure how a gun that passed could possibly get de-listed. Unless of course, they tighten up the requirements down the line, but then I think you're talking grandfather type stuff, which I think is unlikely.

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Check this out:

Effective January 1, 2001, no handgun may be manufactured within California, imported into California for sale, lent, given, kept for sale, or offered/exposed for sale unless that handgun model has passed firing, safety, and drop tests and is certified for sale in California by the Department of Justice. Private party transfers, curio/relic handguns, certain single-action revolvers, and pawn/consignment returns are exempt from this requirement.

http://certguns.doj.ca.gov/

[mikeh1]

Re-tested every year? So if you buy it and it is approved one year, and de-listed the next do you have to surrender it to the Peoples Republic?

no, you get to keep the gun, you just can't buy another one from a dealer. PPT is OK

[mikeh1]

Do they get de-listed? I know they have to have certain requirements per CA DOJ to be acceptable, so I'm not sure how a gun that passed could possibly get de-listed. Unless of course, they tighten up the requirements down the line, but then I think you're talking grandfather type stuff, which I think is unlikely.

*edit
Check this out:

Effective January 1, 2001, no handgun may be manufactured within California, imported into California for sale, lent, given, kept for sale, or offered/exposed for sale unless that handgun model has passed firing, safety, and drop tests and is certified for sale in California by the Department of Justice. Private party transfers, curio/relic handguns, certain single-action revolvers, and pawn/consignment returns are exempt from this requirement.

http://certguns.doj.ca.gov/

each gun only stays on the list for a year at a time, DOJ makes more money that way. For example, since a PA-63 hasn't changed design in about 15(?) years, there is no reason to have it re-certified every year. Other than $$$.