California Health and Safety Code 1568.096 – As used in this article, the following terms have the following …
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 1568.096
- department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
- Facility: means a residential care facility for persons with chronic life-threatening illness licensed by the State Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division. See California Health and Safety Code 1568.096
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
(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 residential care facility for persons with chronic life-threatening illness licensed by the State Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 840, Sec. 3. (SB 172) Effective January 1, 2020.)