There are no private sales in CA, all person to person transactions must go through a dealer intermediary (with background check) to be legal.
It basically has done nothing to curb gun crime, violence or even homicide there.
Thank you for that.
“There are no private sales in CA, all person to person transactions must go through a dealer intermediary (with background check) to be legal.”
I don’t believe it is true that the BG checks law goes back to the 1920’s, at least not insofar as long guns and shotguns are concerned. Plus, I will wager that there are a lot of unregistered handguns around that change hands outside an FFL.