[Yogafist]

“to upload four clear digital photos of the firearm including of the magazine release,

I only had to register my stripped lower, why would I send them a photo of anything more?

[Scrambler Bob]

I only had to register my stripped lower, why would I send them a photo of anything more?
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Because your stripped lower is not an AW, ... yet.

It is on the books at the DOJ, but is not an AW.

When you assemble it so that it meets the AW defn, then you take the pictures and register it as an AW, by 1 Jan 2018, I think. There is a deadline, and no more registration after that.

By taking the picture, you have defined your AW. I suspect any changes to it, i.e., a different upper, different stock, etc. will be a ‘different’ AW, not what you registered, and now an unregistered AW.

But the DOJ is busy orgazzing over all this, and making up all kinds of overreaching regulations to implement the new AW law, instead of a simple straight forward process.

That is what I have put together so far. I expect more regs, surprises, changes, and evisceration of the 2A.

[kiryandil]

If they get you to upload digital photos, in most of the instances they'll have a clear digital record of your location for a few years.

If I were a CA government Fascist, I'd make you do it every 2 years. :)

[V1Rotate]

I only had to register my stripped lower, why would I send them a photo of anything more?

I'll send 'em a picture of my stripped lower all right!

[5th MEB]

I don’t own any (registered) firearms, the only thing I register each year is my vehicle.
The only reason I do that is because the CHP is always looking for (white, non hispanic) guys to issue their state required (we need the money) violations to.
What I do or do not own is my business, not the states.