Guns.com sat down and worked through the California Department of Justice’s assault weapon list of some registered 145,253 firearms, as well as the politics of the ban.
The full report is here, but keep scrolling through a list of images supplied by DOJ of some of the weapons that are banned in the state. Enjoy!
There are 77 homely Weaver Arms Nighthawks on the California DOJ list
The Finnish Valmet, based on the AK47, is banned in California
Valmet M78
Ever seen a Valmet M71? In California they have 49 registered
The UZI, in its pistol and carbine versions, account for about 3 percent of the registered “assault weapons” in California
Mini Uzi
The unloved TEC-9
Although vilified, the Striker 12 shotgun takes up very few spaces on the DOJ list
Like the Striker, Streetsweeper shotguns are few and far between in California
The Sterling MK6 carbine
And the Mk7 pistol
The SIG SG 510/550 series joins older Swiss guns on the list…
Such as the SIG PE57
And SIG AMT
The Franchi Spas 12
When an SKS gets a detachable magazine in California, its illegal, such as this D-series spiker that accepts AK mags. There are 3,000 such guns on the DOJ registry
An even 12 Sites Spectres are on the list
Springfield Armory SAR48
Springfield Armory Italian-imported BM59
HK PSG-1. There are but 7 of these registered in California
The Norinco Model 86 bullpup.
The MAS223, a semi auto FAMAS rifle. 11 Are on the DOJ list
MAC type carbines
MAC type pistols
Two J&R M-68 9mm carbines are on the list, Noah’s Ark style
The Franchi LAW12
The HK94 was a semi-auto carbine version of the MP5 and is banned in California
The HK91 and HK93 make up most of the German 7.62mm guns on the DOJ list
The Galil
The FN FNC
The FN FAL, big brother of the FNC in 7.62mm
There is just one Encom MP9 (in 9mm) and one Encom MP45 (guess what caliber that is in) on the DOJ registry. We are betting the same guy has both.
Over 1,300 Daewoos are on the DOJ list
Colt AR series
CETME sporter (AKA the Spanish wooden stocked HK91)
The Daewoo K2
The Calico M950 pistol with its distinctive 50-round helical magazine. Can you say non-California legal?
The M900 rifle
This is the illustration the California DOJ has for Bushmaster rifles
And Bushmaster pistols
AR series pistols
Some 1,00 Steyr rifles, mostly AUGs such as the above, are on the list
The AR-180
The rare (in California) Beretta AR-70
AR series rifles
AR series rifles
AR series rifles. Some 50,000~ of these are on the DOJ registry
AK series
AK series
AK series
AK series
AK series
AK series
AK series