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California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
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Penal Code - PEN |
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Part 6. CONTROL OF DEADLY WEAPONS |
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Title 4. FIREARMS |
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Division 4. STORAGE OF FIREARMS |
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Chapter 2. Criminal Storage of Firearm |
Section 25100.
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(a) Except as provided in Section 25105, a person commits the crime of "criminal storage of a firearm of the first degree" if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) The person keeps any loaded firearm within any premises that are under the person's custody or control.
(2) The person knows or reasonably should know that a child is likely to gain access to the firearm without the permission of the child's parent or legal guardian.
(3) The child obtains access to the firearm and thereby causes death or great bodily injury to the child or any other person.
(b) Except as provided in Section 25105, a person commits the crime of "criminal storage of a firearm of the second degree" if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) The person keeps any loaded firearm within any premises that are under the person's custody or control.
(2) The person knows or reasonably should know that a child is likely to gain access to the firearm without the permission of the child's parent or legal guardian.
(3) The child obtains access to the firearm and thereby causes injury, other than great bodily injury, to the child or any other person, or carries the firearm either to a public place or in violation of Section 417.