by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Practice Areas, Firearms
Sec 12031 of the California Penal Code criminalizes the act of carrying a loaded firearm in a vehicle or public place. This is differentiated from Sec 12025 or carrying a concealed weapon. The law provides that “ A person is guilty of carrying a loaded firearm when...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Practice Areas, Firearms
This law was institutionalized in 1995 and the central aspect of this law is the prohibition in possessing or discharging a firearm in a school zone. The definition of a school zone was expanded from the directly on school grounds definition to include one thousand...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Practice Areas, Firearms
Sec 417 of the California Penal Code penalizes the “drawing, exhibiting or using a firearm or deadly weapon.” The following are the elements that the prosecution needs to prove the following elements: • A person drew or exhibited a deadly weapon or firearm in the...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | California Laws, Criminal laws, Criminal Practice Areas, Firearms
Sec 12280 of the California Penal Code has instituted a ban on the manufacture, sale, lending and/or possession of assault weapons, Browning machine gun rifles and their like except in very specific circumstances. The crime is committed when the following elements are...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | California Laws, Criminal laws
Sec 12022.53 of the California Penal Code is the state’s action to impose mandatory minimum prison terms for the use of firearms in the commission of certain dangerous and/or violent felonies. This is also called as California’s “use a gun and you’re done law” and is...
