Federal law bars licensed dealers from selling handguns to 18-to-20-year-olds, but the DOJ has now concluded that ban is unconstitutional and will not be enforced. It is a federal opinion, not a court ruling, and does not override California's 21-year-old rule.
The Ninth Circuit upheld California's gun-store recording mandate (Penal Code section 26806), rejecting First, Fourth, and Fifth Amendment challenges in Richards v. Newsom.
California and Giffords lost their standing fight to block ATF's carve-out for unfinished AR-15-style receivers, per the Ninth Circuit's August 21 decision.
As of Thursday, August 27, 2026, California's DROS Entry System won't let a dealer submit your purchase without your occupation. It isn't a new law — it's a line that has been sitting in Penal Code 28160 all along, and the software finally enforces it. Here's the statute, what the DOJ has and hasn't published, and why the funny answers being passed around the forums carry real criminal exposure.
Glendale just took its CCW application fee from $100 to $1,078 — with renewals at $828. Riverside County charges $20. Same state, same statute, same right, a 50x spread. Here's what you'll actually pay all-in, what the law allows, and why this is headed to court.
The $200 tax stamp is gone and a Texas judge just called NFA registration unconstitutional. It's the biggest shake-up to federal gun law in 90 years — and for Californians, suppressors are still a felony. Here's what actually changed, what didn't, and the one wrinkle nobody's talking about.
AB 1974 (Stefani) would let law enforcement agencies run "voluntary" firearm storage programs — with eligibility checks on return and a destruction provision for firearms left unclaimed. It passed the Assembly 71–2 and sits on the Senate Third Reading File. The label isn't the part to watch; the return process is.
The U.S. Department of Justice has sued California challenging both the AB 1127 "Glock ban" and the Handgun Roster itself — the biggest legal threat the roster has ever faced. Also in this Roster Watch: eleven summer additions to the certified list, from NAA mini-revolvers to the SCC Cali pistols, dated from the DOJ's own list.
AB 1344 would create a county-level pilot program expanding red-flag-style firearm removal. Supporters call it a safety tool; the community's concern is due process — and the swatting scenario. Here's what's in the bill, what's unclear, and what to watch.
AB 2047 would require 3D printers sold in California to ship with "firearm blocking technology" — an approved-device model, plus liability for circumventing it. The Senate Appropriations Committee takes up its suspense file on Thursday, August 13, and AB 2047 is on it. Here's what the bill does, where it stands, and why the opposition runs well beyond 2A.
