Current through Register 2025 Notice Reg. No. 13, March 28, 2025
The following is a description of required security for
storing and transporting machineguns, short-barreled shotguns, short-barreled
rifles, assault weapons and destructive devices:
(a) Exterior Building Security Requirements
(1) All perimeter doors to the building shall
be solid core and have dead-bolt locks or the equivalent. Sliding glass doors
shall have steel window guards or be connected to an audible or silent alarm to
detect entry.
(2) All direct
entries into the interior storage room from the exterior of the building,
including windows and skylights, require steel window guards (not recommended
for private residences), or audible, silent or sonic alarm to detect entry, or
24-hour security guard service.
(3)
If the dangerous weapon(s) will be stored at a location different from the
principal place of business, or at the applicant's residence and that residence
is rented/leased, the applicant shall submit written approval from the owner
and the location shall meet all specified exterior and interior security
requirements.
(4) When the size of
the weapon(s) prohibits storage in a residence or room of a business, the
weapon shall be permanently secured to prohibit easy removal, and the firing
mechanism and any ammunition shall be removed and stored in a separate locked
room, cabinet, or box in an area separate from the storage area for the
weapon.
(b) Interior
Building Security Requirements
(1) The
weapon(s) shall be stored in a separate room away from any general living area
or work area. Destructive device collectors may display historic, antique or
curio weapons in a general living or work area provided such weapons have been
disabled by removal of firing mechanisms which shall be stored separately in a
safe or equivalent high security storage area.
(2) All doors leading into the storage room
shall be solid core with a dead-bolt lock or the equivalent and be locked while
unattended, or the weapon(s) shall be stored in an anchored, locked metal box
in the room. Anchored is defined as permanently mounted to the floor or having
a gross weight of 1,000 pounds or more so that heavy equipment or tools would
be required to remove the box.
(3)
Any ammunition shall be removed and stored in a separate and locked room,
cabinet or box away from the storage area for the weapon. Ammunition may be
stored with a weapon if locked in a safe.
(c) Security Requirements for Transporting
Machineguns, Assault Weapons and Short-Barreled Shotguns/Rifles
(1) Machineguns, assault weapons,
short-barreled shotguns and short-barreled rifles shall be transported in a
locked metal container or the equivalent which is bolted to the floor of the
vehicle's trunk or securely fastened to the floor in the passenger compartment
of the vehicle to prevent unauthorized access. The vehicle shall be locked at
all times while unattended.
(2) All
locking devices shall be in good operating condition.
(d) Security Requirements for Transporting
Destructive Devices
(1) When size or quantity
of the weapon(s) permits storage inside the vehicle:
(A) The weapon(s) shall be transported either
concealed in the locked storage area of the vehicle, or in a locked metal box
or the equivalent which is bolted to the floor of the vehicle. The vehicle
shall be locked at all times while unattended.
(B) All locking devices shall be in good
operating condition.
(2)
When size or quantity of the weapon(s) prohibits storage inside the vehicle:
(A) If the weapon is transported exposed on a
pick-up truck or other vehicle, a locking device connecting the weapon to the
vehicle is required. The locking mechanism shall be able to resist common tools
such as bolt cutters, hammers and cold chisels.
(B) If the weapon is transported on a
trailer, the weapon shall be locked to the trailer and the trailer locked to
the vehicle at all times while unattended. The locking mechanism shall be able
to resist common tools such as bolt cutters, hammers and cold
chisels.
(C) If the weapon is
mounted on its own axle, the trailer hitch or tongue shall have a locking
device connected to the vehicle at all times while unattended. The locking
mechanism shall be able to resist common tools such as bolt cutters, hammers
and cold chisels.
(D) If a padlock
is used to secure a weapon, it shall be secured with a high security,
case-hardened, large shackle padlock which is in good operating
condition.
(E) A special event
permit may be granted to historical societies, civic organizations or
collectors requesting such permits to waive transportation security
requirements for the purpose of allowing the authentic display of historic,
antique, curio destructive devices in patriotic, historic, civic or cultural
events
1. Change
without regulatory effect renumbering section
973.1 to section 4139 filed
6-28-2006 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2006, No. 26).
2. Change without regulatory
effect amending section and NOTE filed 12-27-2011 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2011, No. 52).
3. Change without regulatory
effect renumbering former section 4139 to section
4149 and renumbering former
section 4141 to section 4139 filed
1-28-2021 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2021, No. 5).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
18900,
18910,
30510,
30515,
30520,
32650,
32700,
32720 and
33300, Penal
Code. Reference: Sections
18900,
18910,
30510,
30515,
30520,
32650,
32700,
32705,
32710,
32715,
32720 and
33300, Penal
Code.
