Good old California, where I live, has decided that Federal law saying all firearms must be shipped to a dealer in interstate exchange, is NOT GOOD ENOUGH..

Now, anyone desiring to ship a firearms INTO California must apply to the California DOJ (via a web page) for an "import permit", and all firearms must not only be shipped TO a dealer, but also must be shipped FROM a dealer.

So, many dealers, and non-dealer sellers, have said "screw that", and chosen to abandon residents of california.

I can't say I blame them, really... but it ticks me off because that's EXACTLY what our retarded legislators had in mind when they passed that law (very quietly.. .with no floor debate).
You want to piss off California legislators?  Keep right on jumping through their hoops, and shipping guns into the state...

Paul F.

I am a resident of the people's socialist state of California also.
If you check the Justice department web site and really read what the new law states you will see that they at least exempted antique firearms and they were smart, they used the Federal guidlines and they even mention them. Any firearm made before 1898 is exempt. Some of our gun stores in this state were pushing for  registration on the antique guns, one fruit loop gun dealer here said that a criminal could use a black powder colt revolver to comit a crime . I replied well I prefer my Loiusville Slugger, try and run a ballistics test on it. 
Our little town is so sad that my son got stopped by our local PD and they wanted to know why the bat and glove in the car-duu- he was in his base ball uniform too. Guess they never played ball as kids.
It is a wierd experience living here and hell I was born here.
MikeW

If you read the DOJ's web, you'll see that you don't need A NUMBER TO ship to a FFL if you're not a dealer.All the dealers are trying to do is hog all the business, it was there Law, we were sold out by the NRA, who NEVER opposes anything a dealer wants. That's not the real reason why some dealers hate CA, they just hate CA on general priniples,however why not HATE NY< CT , And MASS>There gun laws are far worse than ours.I'd  never live there.

singleshotman,
In what way are the NY gun laws "far worse" than CA's?

You're talking about New York City, not New York State; a common misunderstanding.

Hi Boats,
I am a little confused about this, doe's this mean you cannot personally take a firearm into California if you bought it in another state.
Regards.

Hey, the dealers in Ca. are just as nutty as the legislature! I tried to purchase a 1889 Marlin from a Ca. dealer at the Reno gun show, and he said he couldn't sell it to anyone who wasn't an FFL holder! The last 1889 Marlin built was around 1894, and I told him so. He said he didn't care if it was an antique or modern, he still wouldn't sell to the general public.
So it's not just dealers from other states that are confused or stupid.