Rizio and Nelson California Law Blog

New 2010 Firearms Laws

As I was researching for current topics for this blog, I came across the news that California’s New and Amended Firearms Legislation has come into effect starting January first of this year. As I began to read the new regulations, I thought they were fairly straightforward. I found these three that regulate ammunition, and I quote: “Any person who is enjoined from engaging in activity associated...

Firearm Microstamping vs. Electronic Reporting of Firearms

There are two gun control measures on California’s DOJ Bureau of Firearms website that are worthy of discussion: Electronic Reporting of Firearms, which goes into effect July 1, 2010 Firearm Microstamping, supposed to be in effect this year but is still in the proposal stages, according to the webpage Let’s look at the first regulation, the electronic reporting of firearms. Basically,...