Section 16880 Of Division 2. Definitions From California Penal Code >> Division 2. >> Title 1. >> Part 6.
16880
. (a) As used in this part, "machinegun" means any weapon that
shoots, is designed to shoot, or can readily be restored to shoot,
automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a
single function of the trigger.
(b) The term "machinegun" also includes the frame or receiver of
any weapon described in subdivision (a), any part designed and
intended solely and exclusively, or combination of parts designed and
intended, for use in converting a weapon into a machinegun, and any
combination of parts from which a machinegun can be assembled if
those parts are in the possession or under the control of a person.
(c) The term "machinegun" also includes any weapon deemed by the
federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as
readily convertible to a machinegun under Chapter 53 (commencing with
Section 5801) of Title 26 of the United States Code.