Q: How can I check if I qualify to purchase a firearm?

A: To find out if you qualify to purchase a firearm, please check here.

Q: Can I start the DROS paperwork on my firearm before it arrives at your location?

A: Our policy is that we must have your firearm present in our inventory before we can begin your transfer paperwork.

Q: Can I start the DROS paperwork on my firearm by phone/email/fax?

A: Federal law requires that you come to our location to start the transfer process and then come back to pick up the firearm after the California mandated 10 day waiting period has elapsed.

Q: How many firearms can I purchase at one time in California?

A: You may purchase as many long guns (rifles, shotguns) as you wish the same day on one DROS. California restricts handgun aquisitions to one every 30 days unless you are exempt (LEO)

Q: What is the definition of "DROS" and how does it apply?

A: The DROS is the "Dealers Record of Sale" form that must be filled out each time a firearm is purchased. The DROS form completed for handguns, rifles and receivers contains information about both the firearm buyer and the firearm itself (make, model, serial number, etc.). This information is used by the Department of Justice to run the criminal and mental history background check on the buyer and to register the firearm. Firearm registrations are actually done and maintained by the Department of Justice, but local law enforcement agencies have access to them 24 hours a day. The "DROS fee" collected by the firearms dealer is sent to the Department of Justice along with the DROS form to pay for the Department's cost of conducting the criminal and mental history background check. By state law, the department is not allowed to charge any more than its actual costs. It is expressly prohibited from making a profit on the DROS fee. The firearms dealer is required to keep a copy of this DROS form on file for three years during which time virtually any law enforcement agency or officer can have access to it. There is, however, a prohibition against law enforcement retaining any information from the dealer's file copy. It should be noted, though, that federal law requires dealers to keep the Federal Form 4473 on file for twenty years. This 4473 form, which is completed by all firearms buyers, contains specific information about both the purchaser and the firearm purchased.