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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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  • Item type:Item,
    1849 Cal. Stat. 245
    (1849)
    An Act to Incorporate the City of San Francisco, § 127: Prohibited the carrying, with intent to assault any person, any pistol, gun, knife, dirk, bludgeon, or other offensive weapon with the intent to assault another person.. Punished by fine of up to $100 and imprisonment for up to 3 months.
  • 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,
    S. Garfielde, Compiled Laws of the State of California 663-64 (1853)
    (1850)
    Ch. 125, div. 11, § 127: Prohibited the carry of a pistol, gun, knife, dirk, bludgeon, or other offensive weapon with intent to assault. Violators punished by fine not to exceed one hundred dollars or imprisonment no more than three months.