AB 2176: Firearms.

(1)Existing law requires a peace officer to take temporary custody of any firearm or other deadly weapon discovered at the scene of a domestic violence incident involving a threat to human life or physical assault, when serving a protective order, or when serving a gun violence restraining order. Existing law requires the officer taking custody of the firearm to give the owner a receipt indicating where the firearm or other deadly weapon can be recovered, the time limit for recovery, and the date after which the owner can recover the firearm or other deadly weapon.

This bill would require the receipt to include the name and residential mailing address of the owner of the firearm or other deadly weapon. Because this bill would increase the duties of local law enforcement, it would impose a state-mandated local program.

(2)Existing law prohibits the sale of tear gas or a tear gas weapon to a minor. Notwithstanding this law, existing law allows a minor who has attained 16 years of age to purchase and possess tear gas or a tear gas weapon if the minor is accompanied by a parent or guardian, or has the written consent of a parent or guardian. Existing law requires any civil liability of a minor arising out of the minors use of tear gas or a tear gas weapon other than for self-defense to be imposed upon the person, parent, or guardian who signed the statement of consent.

This bill would impose that civil liability on the parent, guardian, or other person who authorized the provision of tear gas to a minor by signing a statement of consent or accompanying the minor.

(3)This bill would make various technical, nonsubstantive changes.

(4)The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.