Can I keep my SKS if and when I move back to Cali? How about the ruger 10/22's with 25 round mag?
Simple answer is no. In CA a magazine cannot hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. Kinda removes most of the fun of a .22, high capacity inexpensive rapid plinking. Importing a magazine that holds over 10 rounds is akin to importing an 'assault magazine' and is a felony. Only people that had such magazines before a 12/31/99 can own them and they cannot be transfered to someone else.
The SKS is currently being heavily frowned upon because it is affordable and too close to becoming full auto (even by accident when the firing pin sticks), as well as being similar to the evil AK. So while currently legal there is lots of bickering about changing that.
Anything with a pistol grip and detachable mag is banned. A detachable mag and one of the other evil features is banned. A rifle under 30 inches is banned as an assault rifle.
If it is not banned according to one of these things then you must check a large list of banned items without these features to make sure it was not manualy banned at some point. The list is huge.
Are these still legal in CA?
Wow for giggles I looked up the legality of slingshots in response to zoom6zoom's likely sarcastic question. They are not legal in much of the state.
§ 4300 Permit Required.
No person except a duly elected or appointed peace officer shall carry concealed upon or about his person any revolver, pistol, dagger, dirk, or
sling shot, billy or other deadly weapon or instrument without first having obtained a written permit from the Sheriff of Los Angeles County. (Ord. 70-133, § 4300)
1.57 Firearms, Air Guns, and Other Weapons
No person other than peace officers in the discharge of their duties shall use, maintain, possess,
fire, or discharge any firearm, air gun, spring gun, bow and arrow,
slingshot, or any other weapon
potentially dangerous to wildlife or human safety, except in areas, at times, and under conditions
designated by the Administrator for such use. A violation of the provisions of this section is a
misdemeanor. (Enacted July 6, 2004.) (another law for a recreational park system.
Possession, while on the college campus or at an on or off-campus college-sponsored function, of any of the following weapons (except persons given permission by the college President or his/her designated representatives or members of the law enforcement agencies, as police officers); any instrument or weapon of any kind commonly known as blackjack,
sling shot, fire bomb, billy club, sand club, sandbag, metal knuckles; any dirk, dagger, firearm (loaded or unloaded), as pistol, revolver, rifle, etc.; any knife having a blade longer than five inches, any switchblade longer than two inches, any razor with an unguarded blade; any metal pipe or bar used or intended to be used as a club; or any item used to threaten bodily harm.
For schools and universities. This list does not include what is otherwise already banned according to state weapon laws.
So no a sling shot is not generaly and broadly legal in CA, only in designated areas not otherwise restricting it's use. Concealing it is carrying a concealed weapon. Pointing it at someone/shooting it is assault with a deadly weapon. 'Sling shot' and 'slung shot' also get confused and have the same laws written for both when they are quite different. In fact the above laws were transplanted from state law with that single letter change (probably a law maker with a spellcheck changing the law). Slung shot is an improvised swung club, like a sock with soap in it, or a roll of coins etc.
1) Manufactures or causes to be manufactured, imports into the state, keeps for sale, or offers or exposes for sale, or who gives, lends, or possesses any cane gun or wallet gun, any undetectable firearm, any firearm which is not immediately recognizable as a firearm, any camouflaging firearm container, any ammunition which contains or consists of any flechette dart, any bullet containing or carrying an explosive agent, any ballistic knife, any multiburst trigger activator, any nunchaku, any short-barreled shotgun, any short-barreled rifle, any metal knuckles, any belt buckle knife, any leaded cane, any zip gun, any shuriken, any unconventional pistol, any lipstick case knife, any cane sword, any shobi-zue, any air gauge knife, any writing pen knife, any metal military practice handgrenade or metal replica handgrenade, or any instrument or weapon of the kind commonly known as a blackjack, slungshot, billy, sandclub, sap, or sandbag.
Taken from the 12020 laws of CA,
a violation of which is a felony. The section goes into further detail of the definition of each, some of which are quite broad and encompass a vast number of items. For example just about any item be it a stick or broom handle or metal pipe intended for use as a weapon constitutes a 'billy' which possession of in this state is a felony. A leaded cane for example includes any cane wieghted by lead or wighted by any other means to be heavier. The list goes on and on, violation of any of which legaly makes you a felon in the state of CA, and there after a felon of the USA. These are not carry laws, these are possession laws which include even your home.
