CA DOJ Clarifies Firearm Purchase Requirements

By Tom Knighton

The California Department of Justice has offered up a clarification regarding those who use an AB 60 license to try and purchase firearms. You see, those licenses don’t comply with the Real ID Act, which makes some firearm dealers nervous or something. I don’t know; it’s not an issue here in Georgia.

But in California, it is, especially since these AB 60 licenses are also issued to illegal immigrants.

Because of that, the state’s Department of Justice issued a ruling on what kind of additional documentation firearms dealers may require.

If you have a “FEDERAL LIMITS APPLY” driver license or identification card and wish to use it as identification to purchase a firearm, the dealer might require you to present proof that you are lawfully present in the United States. This is because federal law prohibits anyone who is not lawfully present in the United States from receiving or possessing a firearm or ammunition.

The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) currently issues two types of California driver licenses and identification cards: “REAL ID” and “FEDERAL LIMITS APPLY” (samples below). An applicant for a “FEDERAL LIMITS APPLY” driver license or identification card is not necessarily required to
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Source:: Bearing Arms