Pen. Code, § 26005 · Article 4. Other Exemptions to the Crime of Carrying a Loaded Firearm in Public
Pen. Code, § 26005
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Section 25850 does not apply to either of the following:
(a) Persons who are using target ranges for the purpose of practice shooting with a firearm.
(b) Members of shooting clubs while hunting on the premises of those clubs.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6. (SB 1080) Effective January 1, 2011. Operative January 1, 2012, by Sec. 10 of Ch. 711.
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