Posted on 05/09/2015 4:15:10 PM PDT by keat
Never thought I'd be "that guy" seeking firearm advice on FR but here goes.
Young ms. keat attends college in Colorado while the keat family lives in California. She will be doing some remote wildlife work in CO this summer and decided months ago that she wanted to protection of a handgun, both at school and on this internship.
She did her homework, safety/shooting classes, range time with friends, etc... and had picked out a handgun (Springfield XD-S 3.3" 9mm but I'm not here to argue that, she's got small hands and definitely needs a single-stack).
Any-hoo, she goes in to plunk down her hard-earned cash today at a local shop, gets all through everything until she has to present ID and, no sale, because she's not a CO resident.
She leaves in 9 days. If anyone has any insight into what our options might be in this situation it would be appreciated. Freepmail is OK.
I've gone as far as looking into buying it here but found that gun is not for sale in CA. Guess we can be flexible on that though if transfer is an option.
Thanks in advance.
Nine mm semi-auto for wilderness critters????
I'm not preparing for average case scenario, I'm preparing for worst case scenario. It took a trained police officer 10 rounds of .40 S&W to neutralize the "gentle giant", and that's after the first two rounds that were fired. In Georgia, a woman emptied her revolver into a home invader after she was trapped in the attic. Even though he survived, she was darn lucky the fight had gone out of him and he didn't have the energy to climb up into the attic. Bottom line, a wheel gun might be fine if there is only one perp, he's 6 feet away and you only need two shots to neutralize him. For anything else, I prefer my semi-auto with two spare mags and 40 rounds total.
There is no such thing as a legal private party sale in CA, all sales have to go through dealers and there’s a 10 day waiting period that applies.
CA restricts pistol sales to an ‘approved’ by their DOJ list. The XD-S is not on it.
LMFAO!!! Agree 100%. For me, nothing comes between me and my .45 XDS.
all firearms purchases and transfers, including private party transactions and sales at gun shows, must be made through a California licensed dealer
It's still called a private party sale. But it's still done at a FFL. I bought numerous handguns not on the list when I lived there, from private parties. We met at a FFL to do so.
Private parties advertise on calguns.net as well as other sources. They also drop the weapon off at a FFL for a consignment sale. I bought several that way also. Consignment sales are also exempt from the safety list as long as they don't violate some other law such as mag capacity.
18 U.S.C. § 922(q)(2)(A) states:It shall be unlawful for any individual knowingly to possess a firearm that has moved in or that otherwise affects interstate or foreign commerce at a place that the individual knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is a school zone
Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that universities cannot ban concealed carry permit holders from carrying on campuses. There are very few places that concealed carry permit holders cannot carry in CO.
A number of my retired police friends carry .38 specials with wadcutters. They are very effective.
The difference between the hitting power of .38 and and a 9mm is not significant and the .38 revolver will shoot anything you put in the cylinder, 9mm may be ammo sensitive.
Revolvers are much easier to clean.
Go with the .38.
If it goes through a dealer and is recorded by the government, it is NOT a private sale!!!!
Came across this videoblog doing some research on a writing project---honest.
I must say that the new perspective it offered on women and carry weapons was...eye-opening.
You’re still wrong. That’s even what the CA govt calls it. It’s a private sale if it’s a non FFL sale to another non FFL. It still has to go through a FFL.
(25) The term “school zone” means—
(A) in, or on the grounds of, a public, parochial or private school; or
(B) within a distance of 1,000 feet from the grounds of a public, parochial or private school.
(26) The term “school” means a school which provides elementary or secondary education, as determined under State law.
“How far would the bullet travel without the pressure of a barrel?”
LOL. You would stand in front of it?
I think not.
“How far would the bullet travel without the pressure of a barrel?”
About three minutes into video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6NcD2rZ9H4
And this was WITHOUT a chamber to contain the cartridge.
Well it would definitely leave a mark. lol
Lol
I like the vents.
That’s a nice touch.
Young ms. keat attends college in Colorado
They call it a private sale but by definition if the government is making a record of it, via an FFL, it’s *not* a private sale. It may be between two private parties, but it sure as hell is not a private sale.
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