California Attorney General 2000 Assault Weapons Identification Guide

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California Attorney General 2000
Assault Weapons Identification Guide

The purpose of this guide is to assist peace officers, firearms dealers, and the general public in the identi-fication
of assault weapons and to provide for the better understanding of some of the more significant
recently enacted legislation.

For the purposes of this guide, assault weapons are divided into three categories. These are: Category 1 - Penal
Code section 12276 subdivisions (a), (b), (c) (Roberti Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989); Category 2
- Penal Code section 12276 subdivisions (e) and (f) (Kasler v. Lockyer, AK and AR-15 series assault weapons);
and Category 3 - Penal Code section 12276.1 (SB 23 - generic characteristic assault weapons). A combined
listing of Category 1 and Category 2 assault weapons can be found on page 82.
Category 1. The Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989
This was California’s first assault weapons act. Under this act, any firearm on a list specified in Penal Code
section 12276 is considered an assault weapon. Such assault weapons are controlled (i.e., may not be legally
purchased, kept for sale, offered for sale, exposed for sale, given, lent, manufactured, distributed, or imported)
after December 31, 1991, and were required to be registered as assault weapons with the Department of Justice
no later than March 31, 1992. In addition, the Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act controlled AK and
AR-15 series assault weapons (Penal Code section 12276, subd (e) and (f) - see Category 2). These assault
weapons are controlled regardless of whether they have Category 3 (Penal Code section 12276.1 - SB 23)
characteristics.
Category 2. AK and AR-15 Series Weapons
The California Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of
1989 in Kasler v. Lockyer. This decision took effect August 16, 2000. Effective August 16, 2000, firearm
models that are variations of the AK or AR-15, with only minor differences from those two models, are assault
weapons under the original Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989. AK and AR-15 series weap-ons
are controlled as of August 16, 2000, and must be registered as assault weapons with the Department of
Justice on or before December 31, 2000. The only alternatives to registration are permanently removing from
the state, rendering permanently inoperable, destroying, or relinquishing the weapon to a law enforcement
agency. These assault weapons are controlled regardless of whether they have Category 3 (Penal Code section
12276.1 - SB 23) characteristics.
Category 3. Generic Characteristics
As of January 1, 2000, Senate Bill 23 (Chapter 129, Statutes of 1999) provides that firearms that have character-istics
falling under any of the categories listed in Penal Code section 12276.1 are also considered to be assault
weapons. These assault weapons are controlled as of January 1, 2000, and must be registered as assault weap-ons
with the Department of Justice on or before December 31, 2000. As an alternative to registration, these
weapons may be permanently removed from the state, rendered permanently inoperable, destroyed, relinquished
to law enforcement agencies, or have the assault weapon characteristics permanently removed before December
31, 2000.
CONFIRMATION OF REGISTRATION (Law Enforcement Agencies Only)
A Law enforcement agency may verify an assault weapon registration by consulting the Automated Firearms
System (AFS), which is accessible through the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System
(CLETS). Each AFS assault weapon record includes the date of registration, information identifying the registrant,
and information identifying the weapon.
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AR-15 Series Weapons
The following pages show markings and illustrations of
AR-15 series weapons. The Colt AR-15 was the
only AR-15 series weapon to be originally identified
as an assault weapon under the Roberti-Roos Assault
Weapons Control Act of 1989, and was required to be
registered on or before March 31, 1992. With the
exception of the Colt AR-15, all of the listed AR-15
series weapons were subsequently identified by the
Department of Justice as Category 2 assault weapons
as a result of the Kasler v. Lockyer California Supreme
Court ruling effective August 16, 2000. Category 2
Kasler v. Lockyer) weapons were required to be
purchased on or before August 16, 2000 and registered
as assault weapons on or before December 31, 2000.
The markings on these firearms usually appear
on the left side of the lower receiver.
Caliber has no bearing on a weapon’s status as a
series weapon and should be disregarded when making an
identification. For example, upper receiver conversion kits
are available to convert almost any AR series
weapon into .45 ACP, .40 S&W, 7.62 X 39 mm,
9 mm, 10mm, or .223 caliber.
The makes and models provided in this guide include
those which the Department of Justice was able to
locate prior to printing this booklet. It is probable
that some series weapons in circulation are unknown to
the Department of Justice. If you encounter a suspected
series weapon that is not specifically named in this
booklet, please contact the Firearms Division at
(916) 227-3703 for identification of that weapon.
Additional assault weapon models as they are identified
will be included in future versions of this guide and
will be posted on the Firearms Division website
at http://caag.state.ca.us/firearms/awguide/.

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page 75 shows an AR with the grip hacked off.

-dZ
 
I still don't get it

How can any thinking human reconcile 3 megabytes of *.pdf defining what you can't own, and the statement "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

I know, we see this crap day in, day out, and we're supposed to be used to it now, but it just pisses me off.

I could just spit nails, and I don't live anywhere near CA.
 
I can't help but think that if you translated this into German, and changed a few dates, it would probably blend into 1935 history with little problem ...

CA is just plain spooky right now. I always love it when gun bigots say, dismissively, 'no one is trying to take away your guns ...'.

Regards from AZ
 
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