Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 23500. Section 23500.
The provisions listed in Section 16580 shall be known and may be cited as “The Dangerous Weapons Control Law.”
DIVISION 1. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS [23500. - 23520.]
Cal. Penal Code - PEN 6.
in effectCal. Penal Code - PEN § 23505. Section 23505.
If any section, subdivision, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of any provision listed in Section 16580 is for any reason held unconstitutional, that decision does not affect the validity of any other provision listed in Section 16580. The Legislature hereby declares that it would have passed the provisions listed in Section 16580 and each section, subdivision, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, and phrase of those provisions, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subdivisions, paragraphs, subparagraphs, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared unconstitutional.
Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 23510. Section 23510.
(a)
For purposes of Sections 25400 and 26500, Sections 27500 to 27590, inclusive, Section 28100, Sections 29610 to 29750, inclusive, Sections 29800 to 29905, inclusive, and Section 31615 of this code, and any provision listed in subdivision (a) of Section 16585 of this code, and Sections 8100, 8101, and 8103 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, notwithstanding the fact that the term “any firearm” may be used in those sections, each firearm or the frame or receiver of each firearm constitutes a distinct and separate offense under those sections.
(b)
For purposes of Section 25135, notwithstanding the fact that the term “any firearm” may be used in that section, each firearm constitutes a distinct and separate offense under
that section.
Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 23515. Section 23515.
As used in the provisions listed in Section 16580, an offense that involves the violent use of a firearm includes any of the following:
(a)
A violation of paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 245 or a violation of subdivision (d) of Section 245.
(b)
A violation of Section 246.
(c)
A violation of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 417.
(d)
A violation of subdivision (c) of Section 417.
Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 23520. Section 23520.
Each application that requires any firearms eligibility determination involving the issuance of any license, permit, or certificate pursuant to this part shall include two copies of the applicant’s fingerprints on forms prescribed by the Department of Justice. One copy of the fingerprints may be submitted to the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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