Reply #49: you need to read up on the handgun roster law

[bossy22]

the roster has nothing to do with felons- its a system that is supposed to authorize "safe handguns" for sale in the sate of CA. The problem is that it is very arbitrary, expensive (costs the manufacturer money to keep the gun on the list) and sometimes makes no sense. they will have one version of a gun on the list, but not another- even if it is the same gun and the difference could be something as little as that one has night sights. for example, (and this is right out the case at hand) the standard glock 21SF is authorized handgun for sale (it is on the roster as a safe handgun). Glock recently came out with the 21SF with an ambidextrous magazine release, so the gun would be more comfortable for left handed shooters, but california refused to put it on the list. The reason- because after 2007 all new semi-auto pistols on the list must have a magazine disconnect feature (glock doesnt have one). The Glock 21sf standard version is grandfathered in, but the one with the ambi mag release will not be allowed on the list. But here is the best part, you can buy the ambi mag release...install it on your gun, AND ITS LEGAL!!!!!....so does a law like that make sense?

ooo and the best part is...LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN BUY GUNS NOT ON THE ROSTER!!!!....those that are deemed "unsafe"

now why would LE want handguns that have been determined unsafe....shouldnt we be giving them the safest, most reliable handguns out there.

If you are defining unsafe handgun based on a gun being INHERENTLY (through its design) unsafe- then the user of it wouldnt matter. If you build a car with no brakes, its unsafe to drive, no matter if you are joe shmo or mario andretti.