A negligent discharge charge under Penal Code § 246.3 can leave a defendant facing either a misdemeanor that ends with a $1,000 fine or a felony that ends with three years in county jail and a lifetime firearm prohibition. The line between those outcomes runs through prosecutorial discretion, the facts of the discharge, and how…
California has some of the most complex firearm laws in the country, and the past several years have changed the landscape more than any period in modern memory. The Supreme Court’s 2022 Bruen decision rewrote concealed carry permitting nationwide. California’s SB 2 (effective January 1, 2024) responded with new training requirements, new “sensitive places” rules,…
If you’ve had an accidental firearm discharge — your gun went off when you didn’t intend to fire it — the question that brought you here is probably the right one to be asking: is this a crime in California, and am I going to be charged? The short answer is that California’s negligent discharge…
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