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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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    San Francisco, Charter for the City 142 (1898)
    (1898)
    Every Police Officer shall, upon the arrest of any person charged with the commission of crime, search the person of such offender, and take from him all property and weapons, and forthwith deliver the same to the prison§keeper, who must deliver the same to the Property Clerk, to be by him kept until other disposition be made thereof according to law?
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    1923 Cal. Stat. 696-700
    (1923)
    Prohibited committing a felony while armed with weapons named in §1 or while armed with any pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person, without having a license to carry. Violators shall be punishable by felony, with imprisonment in a state prison for not less than five nor more than ten years.