Us Amendment On Guns In Contra Costa
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Location Restrictions in California. A U.S. citizen or legal resident over age 18 may generally carry a handgun anywhere within his or her place of residence, place of business, or on private property owned or lawfully possessed by the citizen or legal resident.
California State Assemblymember Kevin McCarty (AD-06): A 28th Constitutional Amendment will give states the power to regulate firearms and protect the work that is being done to keep our families safe.”
However, U.S. Supreme Court decisions of Heller (2008) and McDonald (2010) established that the Second Amendment applies to all states within the Union, and many of California's gun laws are now being challenged in the federal courts.
In 2024, California passed several bills strengthening and refining existing laws to facilitate better implementation, including improvements to the state's gun violence restraining order law, secure storage laws, and reporting on firearm dealer inspections.
Concealed carry is only legal with a California Concealed Carry Weapons License (CCW). The minimum age is 18 years old, although a licensing authority has the discretion to require applicants to be older than 18 years of age.
Pursuant to California Penal Code section 25610, a United States citizen over 18 years of age who is not prohibited from firearm possession, and who resides or is temporarily in California, may transport by motor vehicle any handgun provided it is unloaded and locked in the vehicle's trunk or in a locked container.
In the United States, open carry refers to the practice of visibly carrying a firearm in public places, as distinguished from concealed carry, where firearms cannot be seen by the casual observer.
Concealed carry permits in California are issued per-county, either by city PD or county sheriffs. Currently, it's basically impossible for private citizens in much of the state, particularly in the high density, high wealth counties of the Bay Area and LA. It is much easier in many rural counties.
You may move to California and bring any on- or off-roster handguns you want. You may NOT bring in >10 rd magaines, threaded barrel guns, You may even sell them to a California resident via a face-to-face transfer. This goes through an FFL of your choice but is perfectly legal.
In most cases you can. There are some nuances in the law that come into play if the firearm is subject to a NFA stamp, but otherwise, a legally owned firearm can be taken from one state to another when in compliance with both states and the federal law.
