SECTIONS 23500-23520 - California Statutes

PENAL CODE

SECTION 23500-23520

23500. The provisions listed in Section 16580 shall be known and
may be cited as "The Dangerous Weapons Control Law."

23505. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of
any provision listed in Section 16580 is for any reason held
unconstitutional, that decision does not affect the validity of any
other provision listed in Section 16580. The Legislature hereby
declares that it would have passed the provisions listed in Section
16580 and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, and phrase of
it, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared
unconstitutional.

23510. For purposes of Sections 25400 and 26500, Sections 27500 to
27590, inclusive, Section 28100, Sections 29610 to 29750, inclusive,
Sections 29800 to 29905, inclusive, and Section 31615 of this code,
and any provision listed in subdivision (a) of Section 16585 of this
code, and Sections 8100, 8101, and 8103 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code, notwithstanding the fact that the term "any
firearm" may be used in those sections, each firearm or the frame or
receiver of each firearm constitutes a distinct and separate offense
under those sections.

23515. As used in the provisions listed in Section 16580, an
offense that involves the violent use of a firearm includes any of
the following:
(a) A violation of paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (a) of
Section 245 or a violation of subdivision (d) of Section 245.
(b) A violation of Section 246.
(c) A violation of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section
417.
(d) A violation of subdivision (c) of Section 417.

23520. Each application that requires any firearms eligibility
determination involving the issuance of any license, permit, or
certificate pursuant to this part shall include two copies of the
applicant's fingerprints on forms prescribed by the Department of
Justice. One copy of the fingerprints may be submitted to the United
States Federal Bureau of Investigation.