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Old 08-09-2017, 9:00 AM
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Arrow AW Registration Guide **3/18/2021 update: Registration may re-open soon**

NOTE 3/18/2021

Registration will likely be re-opened for anyone that tried and failed to register before the 6/30/2018 Deadline. See FPC press release. This is due to a lawsuit settlement between FPC and DOJ.

Most likely, registration will begin this summer, and will last for 90 days.

This will NOT apply to any weapons acquired after 12/31/2016, nor to any weapons that were ineligible for registration at that time!

Until this new registration window is over, AW statutes will NOT be prosecuted for weapons that are eligible for this new registration period, and any pending charges against eligible weapons will be dropped.

Paper registrations by mail will be accepted, but likely still require all the same stuff, including photos. I'll update this guide accordingly when we've sorted this out more.

NOTE

The June 30, 2018 deadline has passed.

Unless there might be further legislative action,
this registration period is CLOSED.

This thread will be kept alive until DOJ is finished processing everyone's pending applications.

Click here to subscribe (rather than posting "tagged" or "subscribed").

Click here for a printer-friendly PDF of this guide (revised 5/10/2018). Print in color if you can, and check here regularly for revised versions.

Tapatalk users, I recommend reading this guide in a real web browser, or open the PDF attached to this post.

Feel free to ask (or answer) questions here, to make suggestions for things to add or change, or to write about your own experiences.

DO NOT troll this thread with "registration is for sheep" or "I will not comply" or other such posts in this thread, they achieve nothing and turn into arguments which make the thread more difficult to follow, so they will be reported. There are countless other threads in which you can declare the superiority of your method of compliance versus this one, so take those arguments elsewhere.

And while it's also important to know about such things, please do not post about registration alternatives here - there are countless other threads for those discussions (here's a good one, and here's a comprehensive list of products you can buy for accomplishing that). This thread is strictly for information relevant to those who are considering the assault weapon registration option.

It is HIGHLY recommended that you read the entire guide (posts 1-5 in this thread) BEFORE you begin the registration process, and also refer to the guide WHILE completing the registration, as there are many helpful tips (and warnings) for how to complete the requested information. I realize it's a long read, but all of it is important. This guide is updated regularly, so make sure you always download the latest PDF revision before you proceed.

Pro-tip: Print the guide, and highlight the portions most relevant for your scenario, while crossing out any irrelevant sections - it will make it easier when you read the guide again later.


Disclaimer & Warnings (please read first!)
  1. I'm not a lawyer, I'm just a regular guy trying to help sort out this mess for everyone.
  2. While much of this information has been acquired from writings and webinars by CRPA's legal team, no lawyers (to my knowledge) have reviewed this guide for accuracy.
  3. Read ALL the warnings contained within this guide - it is absolutely possible for someone to commit a jailable offense during registration (or inadvertently admit to having previously committed a jailable offense), and DOJ has intentionally laid some traps in the registration application to catch offenders.
  4. Proceeding with Assault Weapon registration is done at your own risk. Be careful, folks. After you submit your registration, you cannot retract the information you sent to DOJ!
  5. At least 1 person has already reported that DOJ has confiscated their firearm, as a result of trying to register it in an improper configuration because they didn't know. This is no joke, please pay attention to what you're doing!


Summary of the 2017 Assault Weapon Ban
  1. On 7/1/2016, Governor Brown signed into law SB-880 and AB-1135, two substantively identical bills which expand the definition of "Assault Weapons", to now include weapons which were legally owned between 2001 and 2016, inclusive, which have assault weapon features but lacked a fixed magazine (defined as requiring disassembly of the firearm action to remove the magazine). In other words, the bullet button (and similar devices) became no longer a means to avoid Assault Weapon classification.
  2. This reclassified a huge number of legally owned weapons as "Assault Weapons", and the legislation allowed grandfathering of Assault Weapons owned before 1/1/2017 by means of registering the weapon as an Assault Weapon by June 30, 2018*, which costs $15 per person, per application. *The original deadline of 12/31/2017 was extended recently.
  3. Assault Weapon Registration is only required for (and available to) California residents aged 18 or older. This applies to both primary and joint registrants.
  4. Assault Weapon Registration is different than standard firearm registration - even if your firearm was "registered" when you originally bought it, if this legislation re-defined it as an Assault Weapon, then it still needs to be registered as a Registered Assault Weapon.
  5. Being in possession of an Assault Weapon that is not registered to you can be charged as a felony!
  6. Before registrations could be accepted, the legislation required DOJ to adopt regulations for the purposes of assault weapon registration, and exempted those regulations from the standard APA rules of regulation adoption, including a public comment period.
  7. After two failed attempts at getting the regulations approved, on the third try and with almost zero substantive changes from the first draft (Click here for a comparison of all 3 drafts), the Governor’s office intervened and the regulations were forcibly approved on 7/31/2017. Registration was brought online two days later - over 7 months later than the legislators intended.
  8. There are at least 3 active lawsuits against the Assault Weapon ban and related laws so far:
    • Villianueva v. Becerra, by NRA & CRPA lawyers, challenges the DOJ regulatory scheme related to AW registration.
    • Rupp v. Becerra, also by NRA & CRPA lawyers, challenging the Assault Weapon Ban (in all its forms, dating back to 1989).
    • Duncan V. Becerra, also by NRA & CRPA lawyers, challenging the Prop 63 ban on Large Capacity Magazine possession. 2 days before the ban would have taken effect, Duncan was awarded a preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of it while the case is in process.
  9. To help fund these lawsuits, please consider a donation to CRPA Foundation (fully tax deductible!). If you can be a plaintiff in a future AW lawsuit, send an email to potentialplaintiffs@michellawyers.com.
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