SB-704 Firearms: firearm barrels for Antiques to CA??

[Bud15821]

Hello all from Wyoming. This feels like a stupid question and please let me know if it needs a new thread.

What I'm trying to sort out is whether this restriction applies to barrels for/on Antiques. There is an exception for barrels attached/affixed to a firearm, but Antiques are not considered to be "firearms". The definition of "barrel" in the bill text doesn't seem to make any exception for whether it is a muzzleloader barrel or for the age of the part. So would an Antique with a barrel need to be transferred through a Dealer? Would a muzzleloader barrel all by itself need to be transferred through a dealer?

 

[Bud15821]

Would have been nice to leave this reply in the original thread. I'm not sure this even belongs in the C&R corner given that it applies to Antiques, not C&R.

 

[Dvrjon]

Unfortunately, at this point, I doubt that anyone has enough information on how this law will be applied/enforced to provide you with a clear, comprehensive and bullet-proof understanding of it.

 

[shroom]

There seems to be no exceptions for unattached antique barrels. There is an exception for C&R barrels. This would exclude things like newly made musket barrels however, as curio&relic items cannot be reproductions.

Antique firearms as a whole I think are not implicated in the law: "A firearm barrel that is attached or affixed to a firearm is not subject to the requirements of Section 33700."

California Code, PEN 16520.

If you look at section D there is a statement "As used in the following provisions, “firearm” does not include an unloaded antique firearm." None of the new sections introduced or amended with SB704 are listed there. Based on that I think that antique firearm and firearm are the same thing for the purpose of: "A firearm barrel that is attached or affixed to a firearm is not subject to the requirements of Section 33700."