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This version of the California Firearm Laws Summary covers laws that were enacted from 2106 through 2021. This document has been prepared in accordance with Penal Code section 34205, which requires the DOJ to prepare and make available this summary.
Jul 21, 2022 · Governor Newsom recently signed AB 1594, which allows the state, local governments and Californians to sue irresponsible gunmakers for the harm caused by their products, as well as AB 2571, which prohibits marketing of firearms to minors, and AB 1621 to further restrict ghost guns.
Sep 26, 2023 · Governor Newsom Strengthens California’s Nation-Leading Gun Safety Laws. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Governor Newsom signed new gun safety measures into law — strengthening the state’s public carry regulations, requiring microstamping on handgun cartridges to help trace guns used in crimes, keeping guns away from potentially dangerous ...
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• Prohibits the sale of firearms, ammunitions, or firearm precursor parts at the Del Mar Fairgrounds property.
• Requires a law enforcement agency that authorizes peace officers to carry an electroshock device, such as a Taser or stun gun that is held and operated in a manner similar to a pistol, to require that device to be holstered or otherwise carried on the lateral side of the body opposite to the side that that officer’s primary firearm is holstered.
Establishes a firearm industry standard of conduct, which would require a firearm industry member to establish, implement, and enforce reasonable controls, take reasonable precautions to ensure that the member does not sell, distribute, or provide a firearm-related product to a downstream distributor or retailer of firearm-related products who fail...
Redefines a firearm precursor part as any forging, casting, printing, extrusion, machined body, or similar article that has reached a stage in manufacture where it may readily be completed, assembled or converted to be used as the frame or receiver of a functional firearm, or that is marketed or sold to the public to become or be used as the frame ...
• Requires family justice centers to provide clients with educational materials related to gun violence restraining orders, domestic violence restraining orders, and other legal avenues of protection for victims and their families.
• Prohibits a person convicted of misdemeanor child abuse or elder abuse from having a firearm for ten years.
Requires the Department, should it determine that a person prohibited from possessing a firearm has attempted to acquire a firearm, to notify the local law enforcement agency with primary jurisdiction over the area in which the person was last known to reside. If the person is prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm for reasons relating t...
Allows a petition for a gun violence restraining order to be made by an individual who has a child in common with the subject, an individual who has a dating relationship with the subject, or a roommate of the subject of the petition. Expands the family members who can file a petition for a gun violence restraining order to include any person re...
• This bill would, except as exempted, prohibit a state officer or employee, or operator, lessee, or licensee of any state-owned property, from contracting for, authorizing, or allowing the sale of any firearm, firearm precursor part, or ammunition on state property.
• Subject to an appropriation in the Annual Budget Act, on a monthly basis, Requires the Department to review the records in the statewide criminal justice databases, and based on information in the state summary criminal history repository and the Supervised Release File, identify persons with convictions that meet the criteria set forth in subdiv...
Requires a security guard to complete an assessment to be issued a firearms permit prior to carrying a firearm. Requires an applicant who is a registered security guard to have met the requirement of being found capable of exercising appropriate judgment, restraint, and self-control, for purposes of carrying and using a firearm during the course ...
Apr 30, 2021 · This bulletin provides a brief summary of California firearms/weapons bills that took effect January 1, 2021, unless otherwise noted. This bulletin is for informational purposes only and because it is a summary, it does not cover every aspect of the bills addressed below.
Aug 29, 2022 · AB-452 Pupil safety: parental notification: firearm safety laws. (2021-2022) An act to add Section 48986 to the Education Code, relating to pupil safety. [ Approved by Governor August 29, 2022. Filed with Secretary of State August 29, 2022.
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Sep 16, 2022 · California’s Gun Violence Restraining Order law allows for the temporary removal of guns and ammunition from individuals who are at risk of harming themselves or others. This law provides loved ones, teachers and school administrators, and employers, the opportunity to intervene and prevent someone in crisis from accessing firearms.
