Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
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.
