Chapter 9.22
SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL FIREARMS
Sections:
9.22.030 Roster of Saturday night specials.
9.22.010 Definitions.
A. For the purpose of subsection B, “semi-automatic pistol” means a firearm, as defined in California Penal Code Section 12001(b), which is designed to be held and fired with one hand, and which does the following upon discharge: (i) fires the cartridge in the chamber, (ii) ejects the fired cartridge case; and (iii) loads a cartridge from the magazine into the chamber. “Semi-automatic pistol” does not include any assault weapons designated in California Penal Code Section 12276.
B. Except as provided in Section 9.22.020 herein, the term “Saturday night special,” as used in this section, shall mean any of the following:
1. A pistol, revolver, or firearm capable of being concealed upon the person, as those terms are defined in California Penal Code Section 12001(a), which contains a frame, barrel, breechblock, cylinder or slide that is not completely fabricated of heat treated carbon steel, forged alloy or other material of equal or higher tensile strength;
2. A semi-automatic pistol which:
a. Is not originally equipped by the manufacturer with a locked-breech action; and
b. Is chambered for cartridges developing maximum permissible breech pressures above twenty-four thousand one hundred copper units of pressure as standardized by the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute;
3. A pistol, revolver, or firearm capable of being concealed upon the person, as those terms are defined in California Penal Code Section 12001(a), which:
a. Uses an action mechanism which is substantially identical in design to any action mechanism manufactured in or before 1898 that was originally chambered for rimfire ammunition developing maximum safe permissible breech pressures below nineteen thousand copper units of pressure as standardized by the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute; and
b. Is chambered to fire either centerfire ammunition or rimfire ammunition developing maximum permissible breech pressures above nineteen thousand copper units of pressure as standardized by the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute; and
c. Is not originally equipped by the manufacturer with a nondetachable safety guard surrounding the trigger; or
d. If rimfire, is equipped with a barrel of less than twenty bore diameters in overall length protruding from the frame;
e. For purposes of this subsection, “action mechanism” shall mean the mechanism of a firearm by which it is loaded, locked, fired and unloaded. (Ord 826 § 2, 2001)
9.22.020 Exclusions.
The term “Saturday night special” does not include any of the following:
A. Any pistol which is an antique or relic firearm or other weapon falling within the specifications of paragraphs (5), (7) and (8) of subsection (b) of California Penal Code Section 12020; or
B. Any pistol of which the propelling force is classified as pneumatic, that is, of, or related to, compressed air or any other gases not directly produced by combustion; or
C. Children’s pop guns or toys; or
D. An “unconventional pistol” as defined in California Penal Code Section 12020(c)(12);or
E. Any pistol which has been modified to either, render it permanently inoperable, or permanently to make it a device no longer classified as a Saturday night special. (Ord. 826 § 2, 2001)
9.22.030 Roster of Saturday night specials.
The city manager or his or her designee shall compile, publish, and thereafter maintain a roster of Saturday night specials. The roster shall list those firearms, by manufacturer and model number, which the city manager or his or her designee determines fit the definition of Saturday night special set forth in Section 9.22.010. (Ord. 826 § 2, 2001)
9.22.040 Notifications.
The city manager or his or her designee shall publish the roster of Saturday night specials on a semi-annual basis and shall send a copy of the roster to every dealer within the city who is licensed to sell and transfer firearms pursuant to Section 12071 of the Penal Code of the State of California. (Ord. 826 § 2, 2001)
9.22.050 Sale prohibited.
No wholesale or retail firearms dealer licensed pursuant to California Penal Code Section 12071 shall sell, offer or display for sale, give, lend or transfer ownership of, any firearm listed on the roster of Saturday night specials: This section shall not preclude a wholesale or retail gun dealer from processing firearm transactions between unlicensed parties pursuant to Section 12072(d) of the Penal Code of the state of California. This section shall not be enforced until the roster of Saturday night specials has been completed and published in accordance with Sections 9.22.030 and 9.22.040. (Ord. 826 § 2, 2001)
9.22.060 Exemptions.
Nothing in this chapter relative to the sale of Saturday night specials shall prohibit the disposition of any firearm by police departments, sheriff’s offices, marshal’s offices, the California Highway Patrol, other local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, or the military and naval forces of this state or the United States for use in the discharge of their official duties; nor shall anything in this chapter prohibit the use of any firearm by the above-mentioned persons in the performance of their official duties. (Ord. 826 § 2, 2001)
9.22.070 Penalty.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Each such person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of any provision of this chapter is committed, continued or permitted by such person and shall be punished accordingly. (Ord. 826 § 2, 2001)