Molly Prince | Contributor
As the deadline looms for California gun owners to register their firearms that have been re-classified as “assault weapons,” the registration system has been crashing, preventing compliance with the law if the site is not fixed.
California passed a bill expanding its already lengthy definition of “assault weapon.” Under SB 880[2] and AB 113[3], which became effective in January 2017, “assault weapon” now includes firearms that are required to be equipped with a bullet button or a similar magazine locking device.
A bullet button replaces the stock magazine release, preventing users from releasing the magazine with their finger, or simply a magazine release that requires a tool. California is currently the only state that requires rifles to be equipped with a bullet button.
All applications must be completed and submitted by Saturday at 11:59 p.m. PDT. With less than a day until the deadline, the California Firearms Application Reporting System[4] (CFARS) has had difficulty processing the high volume of applications, according to the Firearms Policy Coalition[5]. The spike
