Posted June 21, 2018 2:00 pm by Comments

By Chris Eger

The California Department of Justice has been running a countdown clock on the department’s website on firearms regulations for assault weapon registration. (Photo: Screenshot)
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra wants gun owners affected by recent changes in the law to know that the clock is ticking.
This week Becerra’s Department of Justice issued a reminder that all “bullet button assault weapons” must be registered with the state before midnight on June 30 and has been running a countdown clock on the department’s website on firearms regulations. The registration, required by changes in state regulations from two measures signed into law in 2016, applies to those with lawfully possessed firearms newly classified as an assault weapon without a fixed magazine, including those with so-called bullet buttons.
Those electing to register their firearms have to pay a $15 fee and submit at least four photos of each gun to include close-ups of the bullet button and both sides of the receiver through an online process.
Brandon Combs, president of the California-based Firearms Policy Coalition, told Guns.com that Becerra and state lawmakers are offering law-abiding gun owners little real alternative to comply.
“The State of California has made gun ownership a Hobson’s choice, wherein one must either accept

Source: Guns.com

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