Section 17730 Of Chapter 1. Exemptions From California Penal Code >> Division 2. >> Title 2. >> Part 6. >> Chapter 1.
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. The provisions listed in Section 16590 do not apply to any
of the following:
(a) The sale to, possession of, or purchase of any weapon, device,
or ammunition, other than a short-barreled rifle or a short-barreled
shotgun, by any federal, state, county, city and county, or city
agency that is charged with the enforcement of any law for use in the
discharge of its official duties.
(b) The possession of any weapon, device, or ammunition, other
than a short-barreled rifle or short-barreled shotgun, by any peace
officer of any federal, state, county, city and county, or city
agency that is charged with the enforcement of any law, when the
officer is on duty and the use is authorized by the agency and is
within the course and scope of the officer's duties.
(c) Any weapon, device, or ammunition, other than a short-barreled
rifle or a short-barreled shotgun, that is sold by, manufactured by,
exposed or kept for sale by, possessed by, imported by, or lent by,
any person who is in the business of selling weapons, devices, and
ammunition listed in Section 16590 solely to the entities referred to
in subdivision (a) when engaging in transactions with those
entities.