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=Time Line of California Firearms Laws=
See also the section on [http://wiki.calgunsfoundation.org/index.php/Main_Page#Important_Cases Important Cases] for legal actions regarding firearms.

== Dealer's Record of Sale (DROS), 1924 ==
DROS was implemented by [http://www.hoffmang.com/firearms/AB263-Hawes-1923.pdf AB 263-Hawes], introduced in 1923 and effective August 7, 1924.  Licensed dealers were, and are, required to report handgun sales to the state. See also [http://wiki.calgunsfoundation.org/index.php/Firearms_registration Firearms registration].

== Concealed weapons illegal without permit, 1924 and later ==
While there had been some earlier restrictions, that same Hawes bill replaced the prior CCW permit law.  Current prohibitions are enacted in [http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cacodes/pen/12020-12040.html Penal Code 12025].

== Loaded guns in public banned - Mulford Act, 1967 ==
A frightened California legislature passed the Mulford Act which gave us [http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cacodes/pen/12020-12040.html Penal Code 12031].

== Firearms purchase waiting periods ==
Actually beginning with one day for handguns in 1923, the California Legislature increased the handgun waiting period from one to three days in 1955, to five days in 1965, and to 15 days in 1975. (See a [http://www.claytoncramer.com/popular/cawait2.html critical article on waiting periods by Clayton Cramer].) The current wait is 10 days from [http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/95-96/bill/sen/sb_0651-0700/sb_671_bill_960705_chaptered.html AB 671], effective April 1, 1997.

== First round of 'Assault Weapons' laws (by name): Roberti-Roos, 1989 ==
The Patrick Purdy/Stockton incident finally gave the last push to this bill, giving us [http://caselaw.findlaw.com/cacodes/pen/12275-12278.html Penal Code 12275] and following. See also [http://wiki.calgunsfoundation.org/index.php/History_of_%27Assault_Weapon%27_laws The History of Assault Weapon Laws].

== Dealer Sales, 1991 ==
Prior to 1991, firearms sales could be private; after 1991, [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cacodes/pen/12070-12086.html Penal Code 12070] required substantially all sales to use a California-licensed FFL dealer. See also [http://wiki.calgunsfoundation.org/index.php/Buying_and_selling_firearms_in_California Buying and selling firearms in California].

== Intra-family transfers, 1994 ==
Some family members were exempted from the use-a-dealer requirement by Penal Code 12078, added to the Penal Code by [http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/93-94/bill/asm/ab_0151-0200/ab_166_bill_931001_chaptered AB 166], effective Jan 1, 1994. See also [http://wiki.calgunsfoundation.org/index.php/Transferring_Firearms_Among_Some_Family_Members Transferring Firearms Among Some Family Members].

== California Gun Free School Zones, 1994 ==
[http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cacodes/pen/626-626.11.html Penal Code 626.9] was created by 1994 [http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=ab_645&sess=9394&house=B&author=assembly_member_allen AB 645]. See also [http://wiki.calgunsfoundation.org/index.php/Gun_Free_School_Zones Gun Free School Zones]. (Current Federal law is from 1995, re-passed after the 1990 version was deemed unconstitutional.)

== Locked, unloaded transport, 1996 ==
[http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/95-96/bill/asm/ab_0051-0100/ab_92_bill_950803_chaptered.html AB 92] created the Penal Code 12026.1 and 12026.2 exceptions to handgun concealed carry violations if carried unloaded and in a locked case.

== Armor piercing handgun ammunition banned, 1996 ==
[http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/95-96/bill/asm/ab_0051-0100/ab_99_bill_950801_chaptered.html AB 99]

== Roster of Handguns (Safe Gun list), 1998 ==
[http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/99-00/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sb_15_bill_19990830_chaptered.html SB15] created the Roster. See also [http://wiki.calgunsfoundation.org/index.php/The_Safe_Handgun_List The Safe Handgun List].

== Second round of 'Assault Weapons' laws (by feature): SB23, 1999 ==
[http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/99-00/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sb_23_bill_19990719_chaptered.html SB23] gave us the 'by feature' 'assault weapons' laws.

The same bill also gave us the 'large-capacity magazine' restrictions.