Warning!
If you live in CA and bought a semi auto with a tool release magazine, the legislature is trying to make it illegal to own...you will have to surrender the weapon and get nothing for it!! Write letters!! Call!!
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Keep in mind that at no point did the CA DOJ ever state that the use of those devices would exempt an otherwise prohibited firearm, although dealers were not stopped from selling them. The DOJ has always refused to offer an opinion on the legality of any of those devices and buyers remain at risk that any firearms modified could be declared illegal at any point in time. 0 -
For several years now I have been really glad to be FROM California, but I also pretty much live in my own world, so if it isn't too complicated, what is a tool release magazine and what is a brief history of the problem (other than is obvious with having officials name Pelosi, Boxer, etc). 0 -
In a nut shell: Centerfire semi automatic rifles with a detachable magazine may not have any of the features that were prohibited under the old 1994 Crime Bill (excepting bayonet lugs), as well as thumb hole stocks. That means that if you would want to purchase a semi auto rifle with a detachable magazine and a pistol grip or a thumb hole stock you could not as it would be a prohibited rifle. These "button/tool" devices replace the standard magazine release so that you need a tool of some sort (or a bullet tip) to release the magazine, which in theory means that it is not readily detachable. This is supposed to make the rifle "legal", but there has never been any sort of ruling on the legality of these devices. An entire cottage industry has built itself around the idea that such devices can configure what would otherwise be a prohibited rifle into one which is legal. 0 -
All my shooting friends have been emailing and calling their representatives to defeat this bill.
The Cal DOJ did recognize a bullet or ammunition tip as a tool to release a fixed magazine held in the gun with a bullet button release. The below paragraph is from the Cal DOJ's website.
This revised definition was noticed to the public in the first of two 15-day comment periods (May 10 through May 30, 2000). The change in terms from a magazine to an ammunition feeding device prompted new comments relating to firearms that use clips, stripper clips, and en bloc clips to load ammunition into fixed magazines. Although people affected by the regulations understand ammunition clips are clearly not considered magazines, use of the statutory term "ammunition feeding device" caused the affected parties to speculate that clips may be included in the definition. The exclusion of clips from the definition is necessary to keep the legislative intent of the statute intact. Comments also claimed that a bullet or ammunition cartridge should be considered a tool because the type of firearm that utilizes a bullet or ammunition cartridge to release the magazine is a firearm with a fixed magazine, clearly not intended by the Legislature to be categorized as an assault weapon. The Department further researched the claims and confirmed that it is necessary to identify a bullet or ammunition cartridge as a tool to allow certain firearms with fixed magazines to remain fixed by definition. The definition was again revised to read "detachable magazine means any ammunition feeding device that can be removed readily from the firearm with neither disassembly of the firearm action nor the use of a tool being required. A bullet or ammunition cartridge is considered a tool. Ammunition feeding device includes any belted or linked ammunition, but does not include clips, en bloc clips, or stripper clips that load cartridges into the magazine."
This second revision prompted a second 15-day comment period (July 12 through July 31, 2000). None of the comments received during the second 15-day comment period warranted additional revisions to the definition.0 -
Appearently all our calling and writing made a difference...............SB 249 has been pulled from the Assembly Appropriations committee.
Strike a win for Calif gun owners.0 -
I have 3 that would've been banned if Leland Yee's SB 249 is passed. I sent e-mails etc. as often as I could. Let's hope Yee focuses on the genuine issues confronting every Californian, not just the pet desires of some of them. 0
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