NBC San Diego By Paul Krueger 7/11/2018
An attorney says thousands of assault-weapon owners repeatedly tried to comply with regulations.
Thousands of gun owners statewide now find themselves on the wrong side of the law, despite their good-faith efforts to comply with a new state law.
As of July 1st, it's a felony to possess an unregistered assault-style, semi-automatic weapon in California.
That's why gun owners, like Ron Whitaker of La Mesa, tried to register those weapons online with the California Department of Justice (CAL DOJ) before last week's deadline but couldn't because of an apparent problem with their website.
Whitaker spent $4000 for his LWRC AR-15 assault rifle. He first tried to register it on Thursday, June 28, more than two days before the deadline which was June 30 at midnight.
“I typed the information in a hundred times,†Whitaker recalled. “The website kept crashing. The (state) Department of Justice knew this, and they weren’t doing anything about it.â€
Whitaker said he tried again Saturday, June 30. He said he spent 12 hours at his computer that day and night, trying to register his AR-15. He recorded video and took still photos of his computer screen, to document the problems with the CAL DOJ website.
More:
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/-Gun-Owners-Risk-Felony-Charges-Due-to-Problems-with-State-Website-487830511.html
