USA -(Ammoland.com)- As we have before, we asked the DOJ for a copy of their Roster database, and in response, they sent us a speadsheet export having a data date of September 21, 2016.
We evaluated their Roster data and discovered some interesting facts.
For example, while there were 517 active semi-automatic handgun (“pistol”) models on the Roster as of the data date, nearly half of those listed models (210) were simply aesthetic variations of other listed handgun models.
So, in essence, there really were only 307 semi-automatic handgun types available on the Roster for law-abiding people to buy.
One question we are often asked is, “Why does everything look like it’s going to ‘zero out’ at the beginning of the year?”
So, all handgun models must be renewed at the same time at the beginning of every year (or they could be dropped from the Roster).
As you can see, the Roster is – overall – at its lowest point in history. And that’s especially true for the semi-automatic handguns and revolvers.
In Heller, the Supreme Court noted that “the American people have considered the handgun to be the quintessential self-defense weapon.”
If that’s true, and we believe it is, then all law-abiding people should be able to acquire safe, modern handguns (like, for instance, a Glock Model 17 Gen 4) that are in common use by private citizens and and law enforcement across the United States.
We will press forward in Peña, et al. v. Lindley and, with your support, make every effort to strike down this gun ban once and for all.
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Any more current info on how much the CA approved list has been reduced?
So for clarification: is this microstamping requirement for handguns imported into California only, from the manufacturer or is requirement nation wide? Because if it is only a California requirement then the rest of the country needs to start pushing back against state statures like this that affect people in other states that it should not affect, especially when it comes to civil liberties.
It’s not a gun ban. It’s a ridiculous attempt at using public protection as an excuse to slowly diminish the number of purchasable handguns by requiring handguns to meet certain criteria. But it’s not a ban. California legislation calls for a number of crime- and safety-related criteria to be met before a sidearm can be sold to the public. One is that the pistols are drop safe, which I absolutely agree with. If a manufacturer designs a pistol well enough so that dropping a pistol will not induce a discharge then I’m happy. A pistol also has to have either… Read more »
I left Der People’s Demokratik Republik of Kalifornikateya back in 1980 and never looked back.