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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3734066" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>Everything must be california compliant. Keep that in mind with your recommendations.</p><p></p><p>Before a handgun can be sold in California, it must pass a series of tests to ensure the gun is “safe” for users. While the general law seems to ignore what most gun owners already know -- that safety is inherently a mindset first and foremost – California lawmakers put the onus of safety on the gun maker to display. </p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The manufacturer must submit three unmodified handguns to an independent testing laboratory, certified by the California Attorney General.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The laboratory must fire 600-rounds of ammunition from each gun, stopping at specified intervals. These intervals include stopping after each 50-rounds for 5 to 10 minutes to let the gun cool down and stopping after each 100-rounds to check for loose screws and routine cleaning. Of course, the testing facility must also cease-fire to refill magazines along the way. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Each of the three models submitted to the laboratory must fire the first 20-rounds of ammunition without a single malfunction that is not due to ammo. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Each of the three models submitted must also have no more than six malfunctions during the entire course of 600-rounds fired, that is not due to ammunition. The handgun must be free of cracks or breakages to operating parts of the handgun that increase the user's risk of injury. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">After the successful passing of the above live-fire tests, the laboratory then puts the gun through a series of drop safety tests to ensure the gun doesn’t fire if accidentally dropped. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The same three handguns will be subjected to a series of six drop tests each with a primed case, no powder or projectile inserted into the chamber. The handgun passes this test if every one of the guns does not “fire the primer.”</li> </ul><p>Once the gun has passed all tests, it is deemed a “safe handgun” and allowed entry on to the roster. It should be noted that a manufacturer must submit every gun they intend to offer on the roster, even if there are only slight cosmetic changes that don’t affect the function of the gun. For example, <a href="https://sanbernardinocountygunowners.org/2020/06/01/the-california-handgun-roster-a-new-proposal-to-make-a-bad-law-worse/" target="_blank">four Smith & Wesson Shield 9mm pistols were added to the roster in 2020</a>, all of which had to be tested separately. The only difference between them was the color of the gun.</p><p> </p><p></p><h2>WHAT MAKES A HANDGUN 'UNSAFE' IN CALIFORNIA?</h2><p></p><p>As stated above, what makes a handgun unsafe is inherently the user of the firearm; however, California instituted additional requirements to ensure the gun’s “safety.” All handguns must <a href="http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1471&search_keywords=" target="_blank">meet the below qualifications</a>. </p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No capacity over 10 rounds</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Any center-fired handgun manufactured after January 1, 2006, must have a loaded chamber indicator or a magazine disconnect mechanism.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Any rimfire handgun manufactured after January 1, 2006, must have a magazine disconnect mechanism, if it has a detachable magazine.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Any center-fired handgun manufactured after January 1, 2007, must have both a loaded chamber indicator and a magazine disconnect mechanism if the handgun has a detachable magazine.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 3734066, member: 5412"] Everything must be california compliant. Keep that in mind with your recommendations. Before a handgun can be sold in California, it must pass a series of tests to ensure the gun is “safe” for users. While the general law seems to ignore what most gun owners already know -- that safety is inherently a mindset first and foremost – California lawmakers put the onus of safety on the gun maker to display. [LIST] [*]The manufacturer must submit three unmodified handguns to an independent testing laboratory, certified by the California Attorney General. [*]The laboratory must fire 600-rounds of ammunition from each gun, stopping at specified intervals. These intervals include stopping after each 50-rounds for 5 to 10 minutes to let the gun cool down and stopping after each 100-rounds to check for loose screws and routine cleaning. Of course, the testing facility must also cease-fire to refill magazines along the way. [*]Each of the three models submitted to the laboratory must fire the first 20-rounds of ammunition without a single malfunction that is not due to ammo. [*]Each of the three models submitted must also have no more than six malfunctions during the entire course of 600-rounds fired, that is not due to ammunition. The handgun must be free of cracks or breakages to operating parts of the handgun that increase the user's risk of injury. [*]After the successful passing of the above live-fire tests, the laboratory then puts the gun through a series of drop safety tests to ensure the gun doesn’t fire if accidentally dropped. [*]The same three handguns will be subjected to a series of six drop tests each with a primed case, no powder or projectile inserted into the chamber. The handgun passes this test if every one of the guns does not “fire the primer.” [/LIST] Once the gun has passed all tests, it is deemed a “safe handgun” and allowed entry on to the roster. It should be noted that a manufacturer must submit every gun they intend to offer on the roster, even if there are only slight cosmetic changes that don’t affect the function of the gun. For example, [URL='https://sanbernardinocountygunowners.org/2020/06/01/the-california-handgun-roster-a-new-proposal-to-make-a-bad-law-worse/']four Smith & Wesson Shield 9mm pistols were added to the roster in 2020[/URL], all of which had to be tested separately. The only difference between them was the color of the gun. [HEADING=1]WHAT MAKES A HANDGUN 'UNSAFE' IN CALIFORNIA?[/HEADING] As stated above, what makes a handgun unsafe is inherently the user of the firearm; however, California instituted additional requirements to ensure the gun’s “safety.” All handguns must [URL='http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1471&search_keywords=']meet the below qualifications[/URL]. [LIST] [*]No capacity over 10 rounds [*]Any center-fired handgun manufactured after January 1, 2006, must have a loaded chamber indicator or a magazine disconnect mechanism. [*]Any rimfire handgun manufactured after January 1, 2006, must have a magazine disconnect mechanism, if it has a detachable magazine. [*]Any center-fired handgun manufactured after January 1, 2007, must have both a loaded chamber indicator and a magazine disconnect mechanism if the handgun has a detachable magazine. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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