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Shipping ammunition to my son in cali.

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I asked this question on calguns but, apparently, this is such a convoluted and (deliberately) confusing issue that not even cali residents are sure.

I want to send some ammo to my son in cali. I can't send it directly to him, but have to send it to an FFL for him. He then can pick it up there.

But not all FFLs are on board with this since the law is so precarious, many FFLs choose not to take the chance.

My question is, other than finding an FFL who will receive/transfer the ammo, are there any issues with a father sending his (resident of cali) son ammo?
 
from what I understand ,you can't get ammunition shipped to you from out of state
it has to go through an ffl,if he has a c and r ffl
you could ship it to him with no problem
 
tomhenry said:
I asked this question on calguns but, apparently, this is such a convoluted and (deliberately) confusing issue that not even cali residents are sure.

I want to send some ammo to my son in cali. I can't send it directly to him, but have to send it to an FFL for him. He then can pick it up there.

But not all FFLs are on board with this since the law is so precarious, many FFLs choose not to take the chance.

My question is, other than finding an FFL who will receive/transfer the ammo, are there any issues with a father sending his (resident of cali) son ammo?
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Send him a check and let him buy it here. It's a nightmare and I doubt you'll find an FFL to handle it.
I have to have my US passport plus my Ca. drivers license. Since I've bought a gun in the last 5 years I only have to pay $1.00 to have my background check run for each purchase.

If I haven't bought a gun in the last 5 years I'm not in the date base and it'll cost me $19.00 every time I purchase just 1 round or a 1000.

Separate paper form for each caliber with the round count listed countersigned by both myself and the clerk doing the transaction.

Hope that helps.

Bob 459
 
AFAIK you need to have a federal hazmat shipper's license to send live ammo, powder or primers. It's very involved and expensive, and generally not worth it for an individual. And the USPS has no sense of humor if you fib and tell them it's a box of pistachios.
 
Squarebutt said:
AFAIK you need to have a federal hazmat shipper's license to send live ammo, powder or primers. It's very involved and expensive, and generally not worth it for an individual. And the USPS has no sense of humor if you fib and tell them it's a box of pistachios.
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Powder and primers do require a Hazmat license to ship but not assembled ammo.

I'm sorry I can't help you with your original question, I have no idea what silliness Cali. is doing, it changes often from what I've heard.

As for the gangs getting ammo, the laws are only obeyed by law abiding citizens, not the criminals.
 
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Squarebutt said:
AFAIK you need to have a federal hazmat shipper's license to send live ammo, powder or primers. It's very involved and expensive, and generally not worth it for an individual. And the USPS has no sense of humor if you fib and tell them it's a box of pistachios.
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You can ship ammunition and primed brass without a hazmat license. Powders and primers require it.

There is no getting around CA ammo laws, must go to an FFL to be legal.
 
I like the concept of making that drive!

The parent-child relationship is meaningless in this context. A grown up resident of one state related to a grown up relative in another state are not somehow better connected legally than any other two grown up citizens.
 
I think there is a limit on the amount of ammo you can legally bring into Cali in your auto.........
 
I guess I'm too old to cave to all these new laws, and being a native Californiaian, I would just send a couple smaller packages of the ammo, and not declare it. If your'e son is close to the Oregon border, give me a call, and might be able to sort things out. Somebody else sent this message.
 
if you want to do it by the book, you will need to hand the ammo over to an FFL where you live, and have them send it to your son's FFL, who would then do a background check before handing it over to him. to pass the background check he must have bought a gun in california in the last 5 years and not be on the prohibited persons list (felons etc). most FFLs here charge $5-10$ per case and are not keen to share their info with strangers. i'd say best chance to get someone to agree would be to send it through a major gun store that they already deal with (if you can convince the store on your end to help you). all in all, it's going to take a lot of searching and hassle to find anyone who will do it.


as far as driving it across the border, you can legally do that yourself if it's a small amount and you are coming to california on a hunting trip, but he can't cross the state line to pick it up and bring it back. but if you did decided to take a road trip, the biggest contraband they are searching for at checkpoints on the highway is citrus fruit. hint hint.
 
The idea of selling locally what you were going to send him, then just mail him the check and he can buy it there, sounds like the easiest thing.
My, my, my…the hoops that must be jumped through
 
IAM Rand said:
Probably be cheaper and better if your son moved out of Cali and you could just hand him a box.:D
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I enjoyed my tour of duty at NWS Seal Beach, Ca. One of the best tours of duty I had in the Corps. But when I received my PCS orders back to the east coast, We did not slow down leaving!
 
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