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Cal. Penal Code § 31610
Current through 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
Part of Title 4: Firearms, California Penal Code.
Full text of Cal. Penal Code § 31610
Statutory text current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of California.
(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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