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California

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to California. It supports research on the state’s firearms history, technology, law, policy, and culture from the Spanish and Mexican periods through statehood to the present.

  • Legal sources: statutes and session laws, administrative code, attorney general opinions, appellate decisions, and select municipal ordinances.
  • Historical materials: newspapers, photographs, maps, catalogs, defense and aerospace industry records, law-enforcement and sporting archives, and oral histories tied to California people and places.
  • Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.

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    Charter and Revised Ordinances of the City of San Jose 91 (1882)
    (1882)
    §§ 2-4: Prohibited the use or possession of any slung-shot, rubber sling, or other instrument or device by which missiles are hurled or projected. Also prohibited the wear or carry of any slung-shot, knuckles, or other similar instruments. Also prohibited the sale, or transfer to any minor under the age of twelve, any revolver, pistol, or other means to shoot bullets or missiles. Only public officers may wear or carry any pistol, dirk, or other dangerous weapon.
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    Jener W. Nielson, Charter and Ordinances of the City of Fresno, California 58 (1916)
    (1891)
    No. 221, § 53: Prohibited any junkshop keeper within city limits from hiring, loaning, or delivery to any minor under eighteen any gun, pistol, other firearm, dirk, Bowie-knife, powder, shot, bullets, any weapon, combustible, or other dangerous material without written permission from the parent or guardian. Note: California did not mention this only applied to junkshop keepers in their Rupp filing
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    L. W. Moultrie, Charter and Ordinances of the City of Fresno 37 (1896)
    (1896)
    Prohibited the transfer to any minor under the age of 18 any gun, pistol or other firearm, dirk, Bowie knife, powder, shot, bullets, or any combustible or dangerous material, absent written consent of parent or guardian.