COUNTYWIDE : State Deadline Jan. 1 for Assault Weapons
Owners of assault weapons such as AKs and Uzis must register them with the California Department of Justice before Jan. 1, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department.
The three sheriff’s stations in the county--Ventura, Camarillo and Thousand Oaks--have registration cards and instructions.
The state registration fee is $20 per weapon. Also required is a thumbprint, which the Sheriff’s Department will take for a $3 fee.
“People must take this responsibility seriously or they run the risk of imprisonment, a fine and the loss of the weapon,” Assistant Sheriff Oscar Fuller said.
Fuller said there are no statistics available on how many assault weapons are in the county, “but there are over 300,000 in the state, and I would expect that we have a share of those.”
Anyone who wants to turn in an assault weapon rather than register it may transfer it to a licensed gun dealer or contact a local law enforcement agency for instructions.
“We would appreciate no unexpected arrivals at police headquarters. We prefer they would call ahead,” Fuller said.
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