Section 23650 Of Division 2. Firearm Safety Devices, Gun Safes, And Related Warnings From California Penal Code >> Division 2. >> Title 4. >> Part 6.
23650
. (a) The Attorney General shall develop regulations to
implement a minimum safety standard for firearm safety devices and
gun safes to significantly reduce the risk of firearm-related
injuries to children 17 years of age and younger. The final standard
shall do all of the following:
(1) Address the risk of injury from unintentional gunshot wounds.
(2) Address the risk of injury from self-inflicted gunshot wounds
by unauthorized users.
(3) Include provisions to ensure that all firearm safety devices
and gun safes are reusable and of adequate quality and construction
to prevent children and unauthorized users from firing the firearm
and to ensure that these devices cannot be readily removed from the
firearm or that the firearm cannot be readily removed from the gun
safe except by an authorized user utilizing the key, combination, or
other method of access intended by the manufacturer of the device.
(4) Include additional provisions as appropriate.
(b) The Attorney General may consult, for the purposes of guidance
in development of the standards, test protocols such as those
described in Title 16 (commencing with Part 1700) of the Code of
Federal Regulations, relating to poison prevention packaging
standards. These protocols may be consulted to provide suggestions
for potential methods to utilize in developing standards and shall
serve as guidance only. The Attorney General shall also give
appropriate consideration to the use of devices that are not
detachable, but are permanently installed and incorporated into the
design of a firearm.
(c) The Attorney General shall commence development of regulations
under this section no later than January 1, 2000. The Attorney
General shall adopt and issue regulations implementing a final
standard no later than January 1, 2001. The Attorney General shall
report to the Legislature on these standards by January 1, 2001. The
final standard shall be effective January 1, 2002.