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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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    Wm. M. Caswell, Revised Charter and Compiled Ordinances and Resolutions of the City of Los Angeles 85 (1878)
    (1878)
    Ordinance 35: Prohibited brandishing a weapon unless in self defense. Ordinance 36: Prohibited the carry of any dirk, pistol, sword-cane, slung-shot, or other dangerous or deadly weapon within the corporate limits of the city of Los Angeles. Violators fined not more than one hundred dollars, and imprisoned at the discretion of the mayor not to exceed ten days.
  • Item type:Item,
    L. W. Moultrie, Charter and Ordinances of the City of Fresno 30 (1896)
    (1896)
    Prohibited the concealed carrying of any pistol or firearm, slungshot, dirk, Bowie knife, or other deadly weapon, absent written permission.
  • Item type:Item,
    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.
  • Item type:Item,
    1917 Cal. Stat. 221-25
    (1917)
    Prohibited the concealed carry of any pistol, revolver, or other firearm without a license. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor. Also declared the unlawful carry or possession of any of the above items as a nuisance, to be confiscated by the police and surrendered to a judge. Confiscated weapons are to be destroyed at the end of the year.