§ 17180

Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 103, Sec. 7. (AB 1798) Effective January 1, 2015.

As used in this part, “short-barreled shotgun” means any of the following:

(a)A firearm that is designed or redesigned to fire a fixed shotgun shell and has a barrel or barrels of less than 18 inches in length.
(b)A firearm that has an overall length of less than 26 inches and that is designed

or redesigned to fire a fixed shotgun shell.

(c)Any weapon made from a shotgun (whether by alteration, modification, or otherwise) if that weapon, as modified, has an overall length of less than 26 inches or a barrel or barrels of less than 18 inches in length.
(d)Any device that may be readily restored to fire a fixed shotgun shell which, when so restored, is a device defined in subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive.
(e)Any part, or combination of parts, designed and intended to convert a device into a device defined in subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive, or any combination of parts from which a device defined in subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive, can be readily assembled if those parts are in the possession or under the control of the same person.

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