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I WANT TO OWN A OFF-ROSTER GUN IN CA

Perhaps, but I'm pretty sure if you're rolling around wearing a pair of Crocs and a Tommy Bahama Hawaiian shirt chances are you're going to draw some suspicion
I'm usually either in a polo and jeans or maybe sport coat and leather shoes if I have to testify in court or something or be in a high end hotel etc on surveillance
 
Impressive 🕵🏻
ha thanks... working on it
Confused Dog GIF by MOODMAN
 
Noticed something new today. Was selling P-10c (wanted to add to my CCW, but IA has a new rule roster only). FFL asked me how did I get this gun in a first place. Was it exempt purchase, PPT or gift? Supposedly new rule
I also had that happen during a recent PPT sale. Caught me off guard a little bit, though it was straight forward enough to answer. Did another PPT a few days later at a different FFL and the question didn’t come up. I swear nobody ever seems to have a good handle on the most up to date requirements.
 
Hey so I have an exposed firearm permit im pretty new to all the firearm stuff i see a lot of off-roster guns on here how do you guy go about owning them legally and can i have fun with them at the range?
Still not sure if this is a CADOJ agent or what… you went through 56+ hours of the permit training at a minimum and don’t know “how to have fun at the range”?
 
You can buy a “used” off-roster gun in person from either your LGS or through a PPT. You cannot buy one online - any FFL who doesn’t want to get popped will reject any off-roster delivery.

Depending on what you want, be prepared to pay through the nose.
What is a “LGS”?
 
I also had that happen during a recent PPT sale. Caught me off guard a little bit, though it was straight forward enough to answer. Did another PPT a few days later at a different FFL and the question didn’t come up. I swear nobody ever seems to have a good handle on the most up to date requirements.
these are kinda dumb questions TBH. Take a mag lock and LCI out of of ANY gun you purchase that is on the roster and it has to be PPT'd as an off roster gun.
 
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Go through process to get hired by local law enforcement. Go to academy and graduate. As soon as you graduate and have credentials go buy every f’n off roster gun you want while on training/probation. So maybe one to two months on training,to buy three to six guns and tons of mags then quit.

Cheaper than PPT and you’re making gun money while you’re there🤣 and not even worried about making it off training/probation
 
Go through process to get hired by local law enforcement. Go to academy and graduate. As soon as you graduate and have credentials go buy every f’n off roster gun you want while on training/probation. So maybe one to two months on training,to buy three to six guns and tons of mags then quit.

Cheaper than PPT and you’re making gun money while you’re there🤣 and not even worried about making it off training/probation
best reply i saw this whole thread i just wish i didnt have a sr22 for a couple years otherwise i wouldve gone already smh
 
I didn’t even know open carry permits existed in California and I’ve live here all my life….
 
these are kinda dumb questions TBH. Take a mag lock and LCI out of of ANY gun you purchase that is on the roster and it has be PPT'd as an off roster gun.
Has to be a recent lock purchase with receipt, less than 30 days old, otherwise this requirement would be a no-brainer for any of us with new locks sitting around from past purchases.
 
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