And ten round mags are fucking out.. Do they allow weapons for
Home defense lol
Yup. It's very stupid, and very complicated.
Rifles and shotguns are easier than handguns. Rifles are usually good to go, and shotguns as long as they meet a couple stipulations.
The handgun laws make no sense at all. Differences as slight as the color can be put a gun out of reach. There's no rhyme or reason, and there's so much misinformation, virtually nobody knows what they're talking about, and shop operators are terrified of getting into trouble by selling something they shouldn't everyone errors on the side of caution.
The good news there are still avenues to get a gun that would otherwise be unavailable. Law enforcement doesn't need to abide by the same restrictions, so if you can find a classified from a LEO selling something you want, you can get it that way. Or you can contact an out of state seller, and a willing CA FFL and do a 'single shot exemption' to where the gun is modified to firing a single shot, sold and registered into CA and then, by you, returned to its original configuration.
It's a crazy mixed up world.