California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 16865

Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 761, Sec. 2. (SB 683) Effective January 1, 2014.

As used in Section 26860, “long gun” means any firearm that is not a handgun or a machinegun.

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Cal. Pen. Code § 16865 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/pen/part-6-control-of-deadly-weapons/title-1-preliminary-provisions/division-2-definitions/section-16865

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