Source: https://lawcenter.giffords.org/categories-of-prohibited-people-in-california/
Timestamp: 2019-12-14 13:39:16
Document Index: 481842227

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 29800', '§ 23515', '§ 29800', '§ 29815', '§ 29820', '§ 29825', '§ 527', '§ 6218', '§ 136', '§ 15657', '§ 18205', '§ 29830', '§ 25135']

Categories of Prohibited People in California | Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
Federal law prohibits certain people from purchasing or possessing firearms, such as people who have been convicted of felonies, certain domestic abusers, and certain people with a history of severely impairing mental illness. California law’s firearm prohibitions, however, are generally broader than federal law.
California prohibits the purchase or possession of firearms by any person who:
Has been convicted of a felony, certain domestic violence crimes, or is addicted to narcotic drugs;1
Has been convicted of specified crimes (including both felonies and misdemeanors) involving violence, hate crime offenses, the unlawful misuse of firearms, or violation of California laws regarding safe storage of firearms around minors and prohibited people. (People convicted of these specified misdemeanor offenses are generally prohibited from purchasing or possessing firearms for 10 years after conviction);2
Knows that they are subject to an outstanding arrest warrant for a firearm-prohibiting offense;3
As an express condition of probation, is prohibited or restricted from owning, possessing, controlling, receiving, or purchasing a firearm;4
Is adjudged a ward of the juvenile court because the person committed an offense involving violence, drugs or firearms (including the carrying of a concealed firearm, the carrying of a loaded firearm in public or the possession of a firearm in a vehicle, regardless of whether the firearm was concealed or loaded). The prohibition stays in effect only until the person reaches age 30;5
Knows they are subject to a protective order, restraining order, temporary restraining order or injunction issued by a court pursuant to state law (see the sections entitled Domestic Violence & Firearms in California and Extreme Risk Protection Orders for further information);6 or
Is prohibited because of a history of severe mental illness or chronic alcoholism. (See the section entitled Mental Health-Related Prohibited Categories for further information.)
Any person who becomes prohibited from owning or possessing firearms pursuant to California law or other law, may transfer any firearm of which he or she is the owner to a licensed firearms dealer for storage during the duration of the prohibition. A dealer may charge the owner a fee for storage and must notify the California Department of Justice of the date that the dealer took possession of any firearms that are acquired in this manner.7
Under California law, a person over the age of 18 who shares a residence with another individual who the person knows or has reason to know is prohibited by state or federal law from possessing, receiving, owning, or purchasing a firearm, commits a misdemeanor by keeping a firearm that he or she owns in the shared residence, unless any of the following apply:
The firearm is maintained within a locked container;
The firearm is disabled by a firearm safety device;
The firearm is maintained within a locked gun safe;
The firearm is maintained within a locked trunk;
The firearm is locked with a locking device, which has rendered the firearm inoperable; or
The firearm is carried on the person or within close enough proximity that the individual can readily retrieve and use it as it it were carried on the person.8
For more information on safe storage laws involving prohibited persons, see the section entitled Child Access Prevention in California.
For information on the background check process used to enforce these provisions, see the section entitled Background Checks in California.
Cal. Penal Code § 29800(a). ⤴︎
Cal. Penal Code §§ 23515, 29800(a), 29805, 29900-29905. ⤴︎
Cal. Penal Code §§ 29800(a), 29805, 29851. ⤴︎
Cal. Penal Code § 29815. ⤴︎
Cal. Penal Code § 29820. ⤴︎
Cal. Penal Code § 29825(a), (b) (referencing Cal. Civ. Proc. Code §§ 527.6, 527.8, 527.85, Cal. Fam. Code § 6218, Cal. Penal Code §§ 136.2 or 646.91, Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 15657.03), and Cal. Penal Code § 18205. ⤴︎
Cal. Penal Code § 29830. ⤴︎
Cal. Penal Code § 25135. ⤴︎