TED, I can't of course speak for California, but used to here in Missouri you had to apply for a PERMIT TO PURCHASE a (handgun). It WAS NOT a registration form (but of course could be used to trace serial numbers) as when the firearm was purchased and returned to the office of issuance it was recorded in a book with the name of the purchaser, make, model, serial number, caliber and when it was purchased. Here the book was kept in the File drawers and was USUALLY only looked at when someone had one stolen and didn't know the serial number.
FYI.
Nope, there is nothing like that here. At least at a state level.
Yeah, the ranger probably kept the knife, but is it worth the possibility of a felony record to push the issue for a $50 knife? Either way you would not get the knife back and one of the options has a long term effect on you. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> It is true he should have given you a receipt for it, but then he would have had to chrge you also. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif" alt="" />
