I thought I read that rimfires are exempt from some of the California "assault weapons" bans, but I can't keep up with that stuff either. I seem to remember that Kel-Tec configured the SU-22 as they did to satisfy the California legislation, knowing that California had a large market of people who weren't allowed to have a .223 in a desirable configuration and they'd snap up the SU-22 if available. I don't blame Kel-Tec for making a business decision based on the market, but from my perspective that's yet another example of California's political nannies and ninnies creating legislation that ultimately limits what I can buy, even though I live a long way from California.
I think I'm going to add a grenade launcher to my SU-22... because I can. >
If Kel-Tec did configure the SU-22 to be California compliant, I'd be very careful about reconfiguring it if I lived in California.
I just spent a second thinking about the hypothetical scenario of living in California and threw up a little in the back of my throat.
Here's ktwm's take on California legal status for the SU-22, and he ought to know:
http://www.ktog.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1200092998
Apparently, the collapsible stock is legal with a ten round mag. Wouldn't want anybody to have 27 rounds of .22 in their assault rifle! :
I've generally found that most of those poor souls in California know their arcane gun laws inside and out. It's a sad necessity.