I've shipped a bunch of rifles and only 1 to California. Never again. Had to do a bunch of extra paperwork crap. Been awhile but I think it had something to do with their approval list for what u can bring in and can't. May be different now. Its been awhile
California seems to think that there are people pretending to be FFLs who will somehow do something they don't like. The supposed purpose of the California Firearms Licensee Check System (CFLC) system is to verify that the shipping FFL is indeed a legitimate FFL.
What possible difference it could make when there is a receiving California FFL between the buyer and shipper is a mystery. Like most California laws, the true purpose is to make anything to do with firearms as awkward and expensive as possible.
As stupid as the system is, it takes as much effort to sign up for it the first time as signing up for a new forum. After that it takes about as much effort as posting to a forum to get the required confirmation letter.
