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Buying ammo at Academy Sports

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#1 ·
Since I rarely buy handgun ammo I had no idea this was a new store policy
But it is one that I do NOT like and won't be adhering to

I owed a buddy a favor and he had mention some day he would get me some dies for 40 Cal and come over and we could load up some ammo for his gun

Time passed and he forgot so I bought him a box of 40 the other day just to repay him and whilst I was checking out the girl ask for a full date of birth. So I gave her one. Not mine just a full date of birth.:D

I'm darn near 50 so I just rattled of something for her to put in her computer so I can pay and leave
She said it was a new policy on handgun ammo
I won't give out my full date of birth in a line in public like that , I just won't do it
Academy can keep their ammo if that's the case
 
#8 ·
Not only that but they are trying to limit the amount of ammo you can buy per month.

Side note - Just passed a law that if you loan a gun to someone you are BOTH charged with a felony, which means neither of you can ever own a gun again

Oh yeah, get caught with any magazine that holds more than 10 rounds - Felony
 
#14 ·
Here in Washington, the only time they are going to ask for a date of birth is if you look under the age of 18. Then they ask for your ID card to prove your age. The only pace they require date of birth from everyone is Seattle But there are no gun shops in the City of Seattle any longer because of the Special $25 gun tax and the per round tax they charge. I don't even get off the Freeway in Seattle unless it is an emergency.
 
#17 ·
I haven't bought ammo for a while now, at Academy, but the only question I've ever been asked was ''How much do you want".
 
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#20 ·
The only big retail store that I've purchased ammo from is Cabelas. If I buy 223, they always ask if it's for a pistol or rifle. I just say yes. Then they ask for a phone number. I always ask if they're going to call me and give them my dispatchers cell number.
 
#21 ·
many states request the DOB since pistol ammo is restricted to 21 yrs of age. course when you are as old as I am, always get a female cashier.. that way you can then say you would like to ask them out.. since you are so young... :):)
 
#24 ·
The way I understand the bequeathing issue here in CA, you can leave non-restricted guns to anyone who can legally own them. I can leave all my hunting rifles, shotguns and handguns to any non-felon that's of legal age and isn't a drug addict or would otherwise be denied a FFL transfer.

Say I owned a banned gun. An AR with a bullet button or a pre-ban AK or whatever, a gun now banned but my ownership is grandfathered because I legally possessed it before the bans took effect. Those weapons cannot be legally transferred to a California resident, because that person could not legally obtain the weapon here in CA otherwise. I believe that the estate can still legally transfer those California banned weapons out of state to a legal recipient in that other state, they just can't be sold, gifted, bequeathed or otherwise transferred here in CA. This law didn't change, it's been in place for several years. What changed is that they added a bunch more weapons to the banned list.
 
#43 ·
Thanks for the clarification JW - and to show how nice a guy I really am: All CA members with "banned guns" can let me know, I will PM my address and feel free to bequeath those weapons this direction. And, if you are not "grandfathered", don't worry, attorney-client privilege attaches to all communications related to the transfer.

JW, what was your MOS at HMLA-267? I spent a few years with MWSS-274, we hooked up with your squadron when forming up a MAGTF back in the later 80's.
 
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#26 ·
I don't think you can protect an illegal transfer with a trust, but I'm not an attorney. Even the out of state transfer is questionable, but I think it can be done from one FFL to another. I'll check with an attorney friend and get back.
 
#27 ·
Talked to my friend the attorney. He agrees that you can't hide an illegal transfer behind a trust. If you want to leave non-banned firearms to a minor, they can be held in the trust until the minor comes of age, then they can be transferred legally.

As for out of state transfers of banned weapons, he says the out of state transfer is, in his opinion legal, but you have to ship or deliver the weapon to the out of state FFL yourself, because a CA based FFL cannot possess or transfer banned guns, period. But he says it's fine to either ship it directly to the out of state FFL, or deliver it there personally as long as you are the legal owner of the gun and you are following the shipping and transportation rules. He also said to get receipts and file the transfer paperwork with CADOJ when the transfer is complete. Again this is his verbal opinion, I suggest that anyone contemplating doing this should do their own research.
 
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Plano, my MOS was 7563 UH-1 Qualified. UH 1N Hueys.

1979 - 1988. We were back and forth every six months between Pendleton and MCAS Futenma Okinawa. Most of '87 and early 88 I was in hospitals and rehab in San Diego, crushed a vertebrae.
 
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#46 ·
For those interested it was called Measure 63 in Cali. (Proposition 63)

You have to get a registration card (Which you have to pay for) if you want to buy ammo. (And you can not buy from out of state)
You also must be a registered FFL to sell ammo.

And if you have a magazine that holds more than 10 round, no matter when you purchased it, is now illegal. Grandfathered in? Sorry, it is illegal now, turn it in to be crushed.
 
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