Has been convicted of any one of several enumerated crimes (including both felonies and misdemeanors) involving violence, hate crime offenses, child or elder abuse, the unlawful misuse of firearms, or violation of California laws regarding safe storage of firearms around minors and people who cannot legally access guns ...
Penal Code 26500 PC - Selling Firearms Without a License Even person-to-person transactions must be conducted through a dealer. If you sell, lease, or transfer possession of a firearm without the proper licensing, you could be charged with a crime under California Penal Code 26500 PC.
Generally, all firearms purchases and transfers, including private party transactions and sales at gun shows, must be made through a California licensed dealer under the Dealer's Record of Sale (DROS) process. California law imposes a 10-day waiting period before a firearm can be released to a purchaser or transferee.
The “1 in 30” law, also known as the one-gun-a-month law, was a California regulation that prohibited residents from purchasing more than one handgun or semiautomatic, centerfire rifle within a 30-day period. This law has now been struck down by a federal judge and ruled unconstitutional.
But the law doesn't stop there. California also restricts individuals with certain misdemeanor convictions from gun ownership. For instance, Penal Code 29805 prohibits individuals convicted of specific misdemeanors, such as assault with a deadly weapon or domestic violence, from possessing firearms for ten years.
Any person who has been convicted of a felony, certain misdemeanors, certain firearms offenses, who is addicted to narcotics, who is the subject of a domestic violence restraining order, or has been committed to a mental institution pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 8100, may not possess or have under ...
Appellate panel allows Californians to buy more than one gun per month. Law intended to combat 'straw purchases,' in which someone legally buys a gun, then gives it to someone else who is prohibited from possessing a firearm.
Typically, a conviction for any felony offense will result in a lifetime ban on your ability to possess or own a gun. Being convicted of a crime under California State law can impact your Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms under both California and federal law.
The “Fifty Percent Law” (50% Law), as defined in Education Code Section 84362 and California Code of Regulations Section 59200 et seq., requires each district to spend at least half of its current expense of education each fiscal year for salaries and benefits of classroom instructors.
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.