“Bullet Button” / “Assault Weapon” Quick Reference
“BULLET BUTTON” / “ASSAULT WEAPON” QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE PREREQUISITE FEATURES or telescoping stock, (D) A grenade launcher or flare a slide that encloses the barrel; (J) The capacity to ac- QUICK TIPS OF AN ASSAULT WEAPON (AW) launcher, (E) A flash suppressor, or (F) A forward pistol cept a detachable magazine at some location outside FOR GUN OWNERS WITH grip. of the pistol grip. FIREARMS NOW The Penal Code now classifies the following as an PISTOLS: A semiautomatic pistol that does not SHOTGUNS: While the change in the Penal Code af- CLASSIFIED AS have a fixed magazine but has anyone of the fects certain and , the DOJ has taken the “ASSAULT WEAPONS” AW: rifles pistols following: (G) A threaded barrel, capable of ac- position that semiautomatic shotguns required to be RIFLES: A semiautomatic, centerfire rifle that cepting a flash suppressor, forward handgrip, or equipped with “bullet buttons” are also affected. On January 1, 2017, the defini- does not have a fixed magazine but has any silencer; (H) A second handgrip; (I) A shroud that tion of an “assault weapon” (“AW”) one of the following: (A) A pistol grip that pro- is attached to, or partially or completely encir- under California law was changed to trudes conspicuously beneath the action of the cles, that barrel that allows the bearer to fire the include firearms which were required weapon without burning the bearer’s hand, except to be equipped with a “bullet button” weapon, (B) A thumbhole stock, (C) A folding or similar magazine locking device. This change does not affect ex- isting definitions of other types of KEY DEFINITIONS AWs, including: make/model, AWs; semiautomatic, centerfire rifles with “FIXED MAGAZINE” - An ammunition feeding device contained in, or permanently to, a firearm in such a manner that the device cannot be removed without disassembly an overall length less than 30 inches; of the firearm action.
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