(a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to require that persons who obtain firearms have a basic familiarity with those firearms, including, but not limited to, the safe handling and storage of those firearms. It is not the intent of the Legislature to require a firearm safety certificate for the mere possession of a firearm.

(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2015.

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Terms Used In California Penal Code 31610

  • firearm: includes the frame or receiver of the weapon, including both a completed frame or receiver, or a firearm precursor part:

    California Penal Code 16520

  • safety: is a utomatically applied by the pistol, this feature shall not be defeated. See California Penal Code 31900

(Repealed (in Sec. 14) and added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 761, Sec. 15. (SB 683) Effective January 1, 2014. Section operative January 1, 2015, by its own provisions.)

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