My dad's a retired CA LEO, and has been a Glock guy for as long as I can remember. He's got a 23 and a 27, but he's currently carrying an S&W Shield that he just hasn't been happy with.
I know he wants a 43X, but he can't get it as (from what I understand) it's off-roster. He'd have to buy one from an active LEO (who could buy it new) or someone who just moved to CA with one in a private party sale, and it looks like people want like 3x the MSRP for that sort of thing. But in researching this I saw some other people talking about interstate intrafamily transfers being another way to get one.
Could I buy one here in WV as a Christmas gift and send it to his local FFL for the transfer? Does the intra-family thing work child to parent and not just parent to child?
ETA:
This thread seems to indicate the law works like I think it does.