SB 1456, as introduced, Nielsen. Firearms: Assault weapons and .50 BMG rifles: exemptions.
Existing law generally makes it a crime to possess, manufacture, distribute, transport, import for sale, keep for sale, offer or expose for sale, or give or lend any assault weapon or .50 BMG rifle. Under existing law, these prohibitions on assault weapons and .50 BMG rifles do not apply to the sale to, purchase by, importation of, or possession by, the Department of Justice, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or to any police department or sheriff’s office, among other entities.
This bill would also make the above prohibitions inapplicable to the sale to, purchase by, importation of, or possession of, assault weapons or .50 BMG rifles by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 30625 of the Penal Code is amended to
2read:
Sections 30600, 30605, and 30610 shall not apply to
4the sale to, purchase by, importation of, or possession of assault
5weapons or a .50 BMG rifle by the Department of Justice, police
6departments, sheriffs’ offices, marshals’ offices, the Department
P2 1of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Department of the California
2Highway Patrol, district attorneys’ offices, the Department of Fish
3andbegin delete Gameend deletebegin insert Wildlifeend insert,begin insert the Department of Forestry and Fire
4Protection,end insert the Department of Parks and Recreation, or the military
5or naval forces of this state or of the United States,
or any federal
6law enforcement agency for use in the discharge of their official
7duties.
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