Section 26853 Of Article 2. Grounds For Forfeiture Of License From California Penal Code >> Division 6. >> Title 4. >> Part 6. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 2.
26853
. To comply with Section 26850, a safe handling demonstration
for a semiautomatic pistol shall include all of the following steps:
(a) Remove the magazine.
(b) Lock the slide back. If the model of firearm does not allow
the slide to be locked back, pull the slide back, visually and
physically check the chamber to ensure that it is clear.
(c) Visually and physically inspect the chamber, to ensure that
the handgun is unloaded.
(d) Remove the firearm safety device, if applicable. If the
firearm safety device prevents any of the previous steps, remove the
firearm safety device during the appropriate step.
(e) Load one bright orange, red, or other readily identifiable
dummy round into the magazine. If no readily identifiable dummy round
is available, an empty cartridge casing with an empty primer pocket
may be used.
(f) Insert the magazine into the magazine well of the firearm.
(g) Manipulate the slide release or pull back and release the
slide.
(h) Remove the magazine.
(i) Visually inspect the chamber to reveal that a round can be
chambered with the magazine removed.
(j) Lock the slide back to eject the bright orange, red, or other
readily identifiable dummy round. If the handgun is of a model that
does not allow the slide to be locked back, pull the slide back and
physically check the chamber to ensure that the chamber is clear. If
no readily identifiable dummy round is available, an empty cartridge
casing with an empty primer pocket may be used.
(k) Apply the safety, if applicable.
(l) Apply the firearm safety device, if applicable. This
requirement shall not apply to an Olympic competition pistol if no
firearm safety device, other than a cable lock that the department
has determined would damage the barrel of the pistol, has been
approved for the pistol, and the pistol is either listed in
subdivision (b) of Section 32105 or is subject to subdivision (c) of
Section 32105.