section) Old Statute Section New Statute Section Chapter 1 - Firearms General Provisions 12001 12001.1(a)(b) 12001.1(c) 12011.1(d) 12001.5 12001.6 12002 12003 16520 20810 20815 20820 33210 23515 22295 12003 Definitions Undetectable knives; commercial manufacture, import for sale, export or offer for sale; misdemeanor Manufacture, sale or possession of short-barreled shotgun or short barreled rifle Offenses involving the violent use of a firearm Carrying and use of wooden club, baton; course of instruction, permit Severability Prohibited Armed Persons File 12010 12011 12012 30000 30005 30010 Establishment of database; purpose; availability of information Entry of Information Attorney General; investigative assistance Title
Unlawful Carrying and Possession of Weapons 12020 by weapon type See separate list Manufacture, import, sale, supply, or possession of certain weapons and explosives; punishment; exceptions; definitions
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Title
Hard plastic knuckles; hard wooden knuckles Firearms with bright orange or bright green coloration; civil fine Advertising unlawful weapons prohibited Specified convictions; narcotic addition; condition of probation; restrictions on firearms possession; punishment; employment needs; relief from prohibition; justifiable violations Concealable firearms; prior conviction of certain violence offenses; prohibited ownership or possession; offense; punishment; condition of probation; suspension of imposition or execution of sentence Application to Department of Justice to have firearm returned; contents of application; requirements to have firearm returned fees; eligibility check; written notification of eligibility or denial; retention of information; administration costs; attorneys fees in action for return of firearm Street gang crimes; firearm; sentence enhancement Inoperative
12022
Terms of imprisonment for committing or attempting felony or violation while armed with firearm or using deadly or dangerous weapon; application to principals in commission of offense or attempted offense; judicial discretion Felony committed while released on bail or recognizance; primary offense and secondary offense; additional punishment Possession of ammunition designed to penetrate metal or armor; wearing body vest; additional punishment
12022.1
12022.1
12022.2
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Firearms or deadly weapons; use or possession in commission or attempted commission of certain sex offenses; additional punishment Furnishing or offering to furnish firearm to another for purposes of aiding, abetting, or enabling that person or another to commit felony; additional punishment Terms of imprisonment for use of firearms, assault weapon, machinegun, or .50 BMG rifle committing or attempting felony Rejected
12022.4
12022.5
Sentence enhancements for persons convicted of enumerated felonies who use firearm in commission of the crime; limitations Additional and consecutive term for discharge of firearm from motor vehicle in commission of felony; great bodily injury or death Rejected
12022.55
12022.55
12022.57 12022.6 12022.7 12022.75 12022.8 12022.85 12022.6 12022.7 12022.75 12022.8 12022.85
Taking, damaging or destruction of property; commission of felony; additional punishment Terms of imprisonment for persons inflicting great bodily injury while committing or attempting felony Administering controlled substance against victims will; additional punishment Infliction of great bodily injury; commission or attempted commission of certain sex offenses; additional punishment Violation of sexual offense with knowledge that he or she has AIDS or HIV; enhancement of sentence; proof of knowledge; test results
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Title
Terms of imprisonment for committing or attempting felony where injury occurs to pregnant women resulting in termination of pregnancy Willful harm or injury resulting in death of child; sentence enhancement; procedural requirements Armed criminal action; offense; punishment Deadly weapons; possession with intent to assault Carrying weapon concealed within vehicle or on person; offense; arms in holster or sheath Justifiable violation of 12025 Persons exempt; weapons at residence, place of business, or private property owned or possessed by citizens Authority to transport or carry concealable firearms Carrying concealed firearms offenses; exemptions Persons exempt Retired peace officer; revocation of authorization for concealed firearm; hearing retirement due to psychological disability Firearms and other weapons as nuisance; surrender of weapon; sale at public auction; restoration to owner; destruction Domestic violence incidents; temporary custody of firearms by officers; subsequent procedures Firearms; receipt; return Blackjacks, etc., as nuisances; confiscation and destruction; preparation as evidence Firearms; delivery to armed forces or law enforcement agency
12022.95 12023 12024 12025 12025.5 12026 12026.1 12026.2 12027 12027.1
12022.95 25800 17500 25400 25600 25605 25525 25510 25450 25455
12028
29300
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Title
Carrying loaded firearms; punishment; exceptions Devices designed for emergency or distress signaling Repealed
34000 26030
Firearms used as exhibits; criminal actions or proceedings; destruction or sale; application of section Security and armored vehicle guards; private investigators and patrol operators; completion of courses in firearms and powers of arrest; certificate Driver or owner of motor vehicle permitting firearms in vehicle, or discharge of firearms from vehicle; punishment; willful or malicious discharge of firearms from motor vehicle; felony or public offense Inoperative
12034
26100
12034.5 12035(a)(3) 12035(b)(1) 12035(c) 12035(d)(1) 12035(d)(2) 12035(e) 12035(f) 12035(g) 12035(h) 12036(a)(3) 12036(b) 12036(c) 12036(d) 12036(e) 12036(f) 12036(g) 12036(h) 12036(i) 12039 25000 25100 25105 25110(a) 25110(b) 25115 25120 25125 25130 25200(d) 25200(a) 25200(b) 25200(c) 25205 25210 25215 25220 25225 34200
Firearms accessed by children and carried off premises; punishment; deemed use in commission or crimes; exceptions; prosecution; legislative intent; notice disclosing duty
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Title
Licenses to Carry Pistols and Revolvers 12050(a)(1)(A) 12050(a)(1)(B) 12050(a)(1)(C) 12050(a)(1)(E) 12050(a)(2)(i) 12050(b), (e) 12050(d), (e) 12050(f)(1) 12050(f)(2) 12050(f)(4)(A) 12050(f)(4)(B) 12050(f)(4)(C) 12050(f)(5) 12050(f)(6) 12050.2 12051 12052 12052.5 12053 12054 12060-12064 26150 26155 26170 26165 26220 26200 26195 26215 26210 26210 26210(c) 26210(d) 26215(c) 26215(d) 26160 26175 25185 26205 26225 26190 Issuance of licenses; qualifications of licenses; restrictions, conditions, prohibitions, revocations; amendments to licenses; changes in addresses; renewals
Applicant qualifications; publications of licensing authority policy Standard application form for licenses; contents; uniformity; review; false statements; violations Fingerprints; necessity of taking; report pertaining to applicant; exception Notice to applicant for license or renewal; approval or denial; time Records and filing of copies denials, issuances, amendments, revocations Authorized license fees for new and amended licenses or renewals; psychological testing fees Inoperative Licenses to Sell Firearms
12070
26500
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Old Statute Section 12071 12071.1 12071.1(f) 12071.4(a) 12071.4(b) 12071.4(c) 12071.4(d) 12071.4(e) 12071.4(f) 12071.4(g) 12071.4(h) 12071.4(i), (j) 12071.4(k) 12071.4(l) 12072(a)(1),(2) 12072(a)(3) 12072(a)(4) 12072(a)(5) 12072(a)(6),(7) 12072(a)(8) 12072(a)(9) 12072(b) 12072(c) 12072(d) 12072(e) 12072(f)(1) 12072(f)(2) 12072(f)(3) 12072(f)(4) 12072(g) 12072.5(a) 12072.5 to 12072.8
New Statute Section 26710 27200 27205 27300 27305 27310 27315 27320 27325 27330 27335 27340 27345 27350 27500 27505 27515 27520 27525 27530 27535 27510 27540 27545 27550 27555 27560 27565 27570 27590 16230 34350
Title
Licensees and dealers; licenses relating to firearm sales; conditions and terms Gun shows; certificate or eligibility; violations; punishment; list of show participants Gun Show Enforcement and Security Act of 2000
Prohibited transfers, deliveries or sales of firearms; permitted transactions; collusion; violations; punishment
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Old Statute Section 12073 12074 12075 12076(a) 12076(b) 12076(c) 12076(d) 12076(e) 12076(f) 12076(g) 12076(i) 12076(k) 12076.1 12076.5 12077(a) 12077(b) 12077(c) 12077(d) 12077(e) 12077(f) 12077(g) 12077.5
New Statute Section 28100 28105 28110 28205 28210 28215 28220 28225 28230 28235 28240 28245
Title
Register of record sales; application of section Register of sales; preparation and sale by State Printer; standards for electronic transfers of information Register of sales; notice of issuance; non-transferrable Transmission of firearm purchaser information; formats; procedures; false, illegible or incomplete information, fees
Repealed 28300 28150 28160 28165 28170 28175 28180 28200 30105 Firearms Safety and Enforcement Special Fund Register of sales; record of electronic transfers; information required; completion of forms; definitions
Eligibility check; time to apply; application requirements; department examination; notification; subsequent purchase; punishment for violations
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Old Statute Section 12708(a)(1) 12708(a)(2) 12708(a)(3) 12708(a)(4) 12708(a)(5) 12708(a)(6) 12708(a)(7) 12708(a)(8) 12708(b)(1) 12708(c) 12708(d)(1) 12708(d)(2) 12708(e) 12708(f) 12078(g)(1) 12078(g)(2) 12078(g)(3) 12078(h) 12078(i)(1) 12078(i)(2) 12078(i)(3) 12078(j) 12078(k)(1) 12078(k)(2) 12078(k)(3) 12078(k)(4) 12078(k)(5) 12078(k)(6) 12078(l) 12078(m) 12078(n) 12078(o) 12078(p) 12078(q) 12078(r) 12078(s)(1) 12078(s)(2) 12078(s)(3)
New Statute Section 26950(a) 27050 27055 27060 27065 27850 27855 27860 28100(b)(11) 27875 27880 27885 27890 27895 27900 27905 27905 27910 27915 27920 27925 27930 27110 27115 27120 27125 27130 27135 28000 27935 27660 27740 27505 27950 27665 27955 27960 27810
Title
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Old Statute Section 12078(t)(1) 12078(t)(2) 12079 12080 12081 12081(b)(1) 12081(b)(3) 12081(b)(6) 12081(c) 12081(d) 12081(e) 12081(f) 12082(a) 12082(b) 12082(c) 12082(d) 12083(a) 12083(b) 12083(c) 12083(d) 12083(e) 12083(f) 12083(g) 12083(h) 12084 12085
New Statute Section 27670 27965 32315 34205 29500 29505 29520 29525 29510 29535 29510(b) 29530 28050 28060 28065 28075 28450 28460 28465 28470 28475 28480 28485 28490
Title
Large capacity magazine; permits for possession, transportation or sale Pamphlet summary of firearms laws; contents; sale; immunity from liability Entertainment firearms permit; application; forms; contents; review of criminal offender record information; fees validity
Sale, loan, or transfer through dealers; inability to legally deliver firearm; disposal; fees; regulation and requirements; register or record of transfer; offense Centralized list of exempted federal firearms licenses; applicant qualification; fee; restriction on importation and receipt of firearms; record maintenance; availability of records; inspections; violations; regulations
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Old Statute Section 12086(a) 12086(b)(1),(2) 12086(b)(3) 12086(b)(4) 12086(c) 12086(c)(1) 12086(c)(2) 12086(c)(3) 12086(c)(4) 12086(c)(5) 12086(c)(6) 12086(c)(7) 12086(c)(8) 12086(c)(9) 12086(d) 12086(e) 12086(f) 12086(g)(1) 12086(g)(2),(3) 12086(h)
New Statute Section 29030 29050 29055 29050(c) 29100 29105 29110 29115 29120 29125 29130 29135 29140 29150 29141 29142 29060 29065 29070 29075
Title
Firearms Safety Devices 12087 12087.5 12087.6(a) 12087.6(b) 12087.6(c) 12088 12088.1 23620 23625 16540 16610 16870 23655 23635 Short title Legislative Findings Definitions
Certified testing laboratories; fee; final test report; roster listing; random sample testing Firearm sales or transfers to include approved firearms safety device; warning language or label; long-gun safe warning labels; exemptions
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Old Statute Section 12088.15 12088.15(c), (d) 12088.15(e) 12088.2 12088.3 12088.4 12088.5 12088.6 12088.7 12088.8 12088.9
New Statute Section 23655 23665 23670 23650 23640 23680 23685 23645 23675 23630 23690
Title
Commercial sale, offer or exposure for sale, or distribution of firearm safety device and long-gun safe; civil liability of persons and dealers; punishment Regulations; safety standard for firearms safety devices and gun safes; requirements Firearm sale or transfer; packaging warning statement label Gun safe or firearm safety device nonconformity; recall or replacement; conformity requirement Gunshot wound of minor; incident report Violations; punishment Liability Application of article Fee; Firearm Safety Account Obliteration of Identification Marks
23900
Assignment of number or mark Stamping number or identifying indicium on firearm Unmarked firearms; purchase, sale or possession; offense; exceptions Permits
12095
33300
Short-barreled shotguns or short-barreled rifles; manufacture, possession, transportation or sale; good cause basis for permit; duration of permit validity Application; fees; renewals Display; inspection; identification number on weapon
12096 12097
33305 33310
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Title
Annual inspection for security and safe storage, and to reconcile inventory
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Title
12100 12101(a)(1) 12101(a)(2) 12101(b)(1) 12101(b)(2) 12101(c) 12101(d) 12101(e) 12101(f) 29610 29615 29650 29655 29700 29705 17070 29750
Repealed Concealable firearm or live ammunition; possession by minor; punishment; parenting education classes; selfdefense or defense of others
Unsafe Handguns 12125 12126 12127 12128 12129 12130 12131 12131(c) 12131(g) 12131.5 12132 12133 32000 31910 31905 31900 32005(a) 32010 32015 32020 32025 32030 32100 32105 32100 Offense; punishment Unsafe handgun defined Firing requirement for handguns defined Drop safety requirements for handguns defined Certification Testing of pistols, revolvers, or other firearms; approval for sale; center-fire or rimfire semiautomatic pistols Roster of approved firearms; exclusions; transfer; retesting
Similar firearms Matters to which the chapter does not apply Single-action revolvers; single shot pistols; exclusion from chapter Chapter 2 - Machine Guns General Provisions
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Title
Unlawful Possession of Machine Guns 12220 32625 Unauthorized possession, transportation, manufacture or sale; punishment Permits 12230 12231 12232 12233 12234 32650 32655 32660 32665 32670 Authority to issue; showing necessary Applicants; contents; uniformity; fees; renewal Keeping and inspection of permit Revocation; grounds Annual inspection for security and safe storage, and to reconcile inventory Licenses to Sell Machine Guns 12250(a) 12250(b) 32700 32705 32710 32715 32720 Authority to grant license; revocation; business regulations; applications; fees; renewals
12251
Chapter 2.3 - Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989 - General Provisions 12275 12275.5 12276 12276.1 30500 30505 30510 30515 Short title Legislative findings and declarations Assault Weapon Assault weapon; further definition
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Title
Preparation and distribution of description of assault weapons; list of firearms designated as assault weapons; regulations Person Definitions; .50 BMG rifle or cartridge Unlawful Activities
12280(a) 12280(b) 12280(c) 12280(d) 12280(e) 12280(f) 12280(g) 12280(h) 12280(i) 12280(j) 12280(k) 12280(l) 12280(m) 12280(n) 12280(o) 12280(p) 12280(q) 12280(r) 12280(s) 12280(t) 12280(u) 12281(a)-(d) 12281(f) 12281(g) 12281(h) 12281(j) 12281(k)
30600 30605 30610 30615 30625 30630 30635 30645 30655(a) 30655(b) 30660(a) 30660(b) 30665 30675(a) 30675(b) 30675(c) 30670(a) 30670(b) 30610(b) 30650 30620 30715 30720 30725(a) 30730 30725(b) 30730(b)
Manufacture, distribution, transportation, importation, sale, possession or lending of assault weapon or .50 BMG rile; punishment; commission of other crime; exceptions
SKS rifle violations; immunity from prosecution and reopening of prior actions; relinquishment or disposition of rifles; purchase of firearms by department
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Possession of assault weapon or .50 BMG rifle; public nuisance; civil action and penalty; disposal of weapon
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Title
12285(b)(2) 12285(b)(3) 12285(b)(4) 12285(c) 12285(d) 12285(e) 12285(f) 12285(g) 12285(h) 12286 12287 12288 12288.5 12289 12289.5
30900 30905 30910 30915 30920 30925 30930 30935 30940 30945 30950 30955 30960 30965 30960(b)(1) 31000 31005 31100 31105 31115 31110
Registration; contents; fee; sale, transfer, or possession of weapons; conditions; restrictions; forgiveness period
Permits Permits for manufacture or sale of assault weapons or .50 BMG rifles Relinquishment of assault weapon or .50 BMG rifle Broadcast of registration or permit over police radio Public education and notification program; costs Annual inspection for security and safe storage, and to reconcile inventory Licensed Gun Dealers
12290
31050
Transportation; display; sale; servicing or repair; transfers Chapter 2.5 Destructive Devices
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Title
Carrying or placement of explosive or destructive device on passenger vessel, aircraft, car other vehicle; penalty Possession of destructive devices or explosives in or near certain places; felony punishment Wrongful possession; explosion, etc., of destructive device or explosive with intent to injure or intimidate person or to injure or destroy property; felony; punishment Inoperative Repealed
12303.4 12303.5 12303.6 12303.7 12304 12305(a)-(d) 12305(e) 12305(f)-(g) 12306 12307 12308 12309 12310 12311 19000 18745 18750 18755 18780 18735 18900 18905 18910 18730
Sale or transportation; other than fixed ammunition; punishment Repealed Sale, possession, or transportation of fixed ammunition; punishment; subsequent conviction Permit to conduct business, possess or transport; person unqualified to receive permit; applications; fees; renewal; inspections for security and safe storage Repealed Unlawful possession; public nuisance; injunction; destruction of device Explosion, attempt to explode or ignite destructive device or explosive with intent to murder; felony; punishment Unlawful explosion or ignition of destructive device or explosive with intent to murder; felony; punishment Unlawful explosion or ignition of destructive device or explosive causing bodily injury; felony; punishment Violations of chapter; probation and suspension of sentence not authorized
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Title
Possession of materials with intent to make explosive or destructive device Sale of ammunition or reloaded ammunition to a minor; defense; possession or ammunition by person prohibited from possessing a firearm; school grounds; exceptions to prohibitions; violations; punishment Chapter 2.6 Ammunition
12320 12321 12322(a) 12322(b) 12323(a) 12323(b) 12323(c) 12323(d) 12324 12325
30315 30320 30330 30325 16650 16660 12022.2(c) 12022(c)(2)(6) 30335 30340
Possession; offense; punishment Manufacture, importation, sale or transportation; offense; punishment Exemptions Definitions
Propellant removal and primer deactivation; exception Manufacture under government contract Chapter 3 Pistols (repealed)
12350 12351
12355(a)-(b) 12355(c)
20110 16310
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Old Statute Section 12360 12361 12362 12363 12364 12365 12366 12367 12368 12369 12370
New Statute Section 31310 31315 31320 31325 31330 31335 31340 31355 31345 31350 31360
Title
Acquisition of body armor by commissioner; necessity of certification Ballistic performance standards; prerequisite to purchases or acquisitions Applicants; reimbursement of expenses Application; contents Schedule for ballistic testing Order of refusal of certification; notice; findings Revocation of certification; notice; findings Regulations Purchases on behalf of state agencies or departments; availability to peace officers of department of justice Enforcement activities, definition; standards for replacement of body armor Violent felony conviction; purchase, own or possess body armor; punishment Chapter 4 - Tear Gas Weapons General Provisions
12400 12401 12402 12403 12403.1 12403.2 12403.5 22835 17240 17250 22820 22830
Repealed Tear gas Tear gas weapon Exemptions; peace officers and custodial officers Exemptions; military and naval forces and federal law enforcement officers Repealed Exemptions; private investigator or private patrol operator
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Title
Exemptions; weapons approved for self-defense; requirements; offense; punishment Minors age 16 or over; purchase and possession of tear gas or tear gas weapons consent; liability Custodial officers; application of 12403; off duty use Nonauthorization of provisions of chapter to possession of tear gas or tear gas weapons in prisons or jails Unlawful Possession and Sale
Sale, possession or transportation; punishment Manufacturers name and serial number Alteration of manufacturers name, serial number, or mark Permits
Authority to issue; scope Applications; fees; renewal Multiple offices or branches; single permit Keeping and inspection of permit Revocation or suspension; grounds Licenses to Sell
12435
12450 to 12458
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Title
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Title
12500 12501
17210 33415
12520
33410
Definitions Sale to minors; misdemeanor Furnishing of BB device to minor without parental consent; violation Change, alteration, removal or obliteration of any required coloration or markings; misdemeanor; exceptions; violations of federal law Conspicuous advisory required on imitation firearms; civil fines Purchasing, selling, manufacturing, shipping, transportating, distributing or receiving imitation firearms prohibited for commercial purposes; civil fines; exceptions Open display in public place prohibited; violations; exceptions Felons
12556
20170
12560
12570
Repealed
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Title
Blowgun defined Blowgun ammunition defined Manufacture, sale, offer for sale, possession or use; violation Exemptions Picketing
12590(a)(4) 12590(a)(1),(b),(c)
830.95 17510
Definition Purchase, possession or use; requirements; penalties Name of manufacturer; serial number Misdemeanor Instruction booklet; violation; punishment Selling of a less lethal weapon; punishment Handgun Safety Certificate
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Old Statute Section 12802 12803 12804(a), (b), (f) 12804(c), (e), (i) 12804(o), (j) 12804(g) 12804(h) 12805(a), (b) 12805 (c)-(g) 12806 12807 12808 12809 12810
New Statute Section 31620 31625 31630 31640 31635 31655(a) 31665 31645 31650 31655(b),(c) 31700 31660 31670 Prohibited acts Issuance of certificates
Title
Tests Certificates, required information; expiration Exemptions Duplicate certificates Operative date of article Repealed
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Title
Article 2 Unlawful Carrying and Possession of Weapons 12020(a)(1) 24410 24710 24610 24510 24310 30210 30210 21110 32900 22010 33215 33215 21810 20410 22210 33600 22410 31500 20610 20510 20710 20310 20910 19200 22210 32310 Cane gun Wallet gun Undetectable firearm Firearm not readily recognizable as a firearm Camouflaging firearm container Ammunition with flechette dart Bullet with explosive Ballistic knife Multiburst trigger activator Nunchaku Short-barreled shot gun Short-barreled rifle Metal knuckles Belt buckle knife Leaded cane Zip gun Shuriken Unconventional pistol Lipstick case knife Cane sword Shobi-zue Air gauge knife Writing pen knife Metal military practice grenade Blackjack, slungshot, billy, sap, sandclub, sandbag Large-capacity magazines
12021(a)(2)
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Old Statute Section 12022(b)(1) 12022(b)(2) 12022(b)(3), (4) 12022(b)(5) 12022(b)(6) 12022(b)(7) 12022(b)(8) 12022(b)(9) 12022(b)(10) 12022(b)(11) 12022(b)(12) 12022(b)(13) 12022(b)(14)
New Statute Section 32220 33225 22015 16170 30215 17705 17710 17715 17720 17730(c) 17730(a), (b) 17730(c) 16580(a)(31) Exemptions, by weapon
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180 E. Ocean Boulevard, Suite 200 Long Beach, CA 90802 Tel: (562) 216-4444 Fax: (562) 216-4445 www.michellawyers.com Be on the lookout for C.D.Michels book The California Gun Owners Guide to Firearms Laws.
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