Laws concerning the sale and use of firearms and ammunition vary from state to state. But while the individual states have some latitude to impose their own legislation where firearms are concerned, they all must comply with federal regulations, and this can go two ways. States not only have to make sure their laws are constitutional, which is to say they uphold the Second Amendment right of citizens to bear arms, but they also have to fall within federal guidelines concerning restrictions on firearms. For example, the federal government has deemed that while Americans have the right to own a wide variety of guns, the average person doesn’t necessarily need, say, fully automatic AK-47s. The state of California tends to have a stricter view where guns and ammo are concerned than many other states. So what can you expect in terms of background checks when you try to purchase firearms and ammunition in California?
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