by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Practice Areas, Firearms
Sec 12020 of the California Penal Code prohibits the manufacture, sale and/or possession of certain firearms, explosives or other weapons, such as nunchakus, brass knuckles, short barreled shotguns, dirks and daggers. This law punishes two different crimes, namely the...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Practice Areas, Firearms
Sec 12050 of the California Penal Code provides that with a California concealed weapons permit would allow an individual to carry a loaded pistol, revolver or other firearm capable of being concealed on the person. With a valid CCW, Sec 12025 of the California Penal...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Practice Areas, Firearms
Sec 12021 of the California Penal Code prohibits convicted felons from receiving, purchasing, possessing or owning a firearm. This prohibition is quite extensive as it applies to many kinds of prior convictions, be it felonies or misdemeanors. As defined by the law,...
by admin | Oct 15, 2017 | Criminal Practice Areas, Firearms
Sec 12025 of the California Penal Code criminalizes a concealed weapon on your person or in a vehicle. This crime must be differentiated from the following similar crimes: • Sec 12031 PC or carrying a loaded firearm; • Sec 417 PC or brandishing a weapon; The law...
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...
