As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) “Firearm” means a device, designed to be used as a weapon, from which is expelled through a barrel, a projectile by the force of an explosion or other form of combustion, including the frame or receiver of the device.

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 1567.91

  • Community care facility: means any facility, place, or building that is maintained and operated to provide nonmedical residential care, day treatment, adult daycare, or foster family agency services for children, adults, or children and adults, including, but not limited to, the physically handicapped, mentally impaired, incompetent persons, and abused or neglected children, and includes the following:

    California Health and Safety Code 1502

  • state department: means the State Department of Social Services. See California Health and Safety Code 1502

(b) “Ammunition” means one or more loaded cartridges consisting of a primed case, propellant, and with one or more projectiles. “Ammunition” does not include blanks.

(c) “Antique firearm” has the same meaning as set forth, and has the same meaning as, in Section 921(a)(16) of Title 18 of the United States Code.

(d) “Deadly weapon” means any of the following:

(1) Any weapon, the possession or concealed carrying of which is prohibited by § 16590 of the Penal Code.

(2) A destructive device, as defined in § 16460 of the Penal Code.

(e) “Facility” means a community care facility for adults licensed by the State Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division, except for social rehabilitation facilities and adult day programs.

(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 840, Sec. 1. (SB 172) Effective January 1, 2020.)