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Gunwiki's Law Mirror

This will make article citations MUCH easier, because writers will only have to link to a section of law ONCE. If the link changes or the law changes, the article in this web can be updated without the need to hunt up all the other citations on Gunwiki.

This site is by NO means providing legal advice, and NO warranty, express or implied, is provided that these mirrored sections of law are in fact accurate or current. The law changes regularly, and this is only a research tool.

Why Mirror?

• Locally linked citations mean that if the law changes, it's easy to review all the articles citing that law for continued validity.
• Sites change regularly; URLs change and links break. It is not good for the gun community when broken links discourage readers from performing their own legal research.
• Some content is prone to vanish. The Bardwel NFA archive is a prime example of this - it seems to have several partial mirrors on the internet, and no primary site, making citations difficult.
• Some content primarily gets passed around on message boards. ATF letters, while considered authoritative, are not collated and distributed via any governmental source. The more of these letters which can be pulled into a cohesive archive, the better.

Mirroring Policy

• Full attribution. Each mirrored section of law on this site will include a link to its original source, which should be considered more authoritative. Users are encouraged to follow that link instead of relying solely upon the mirrored copy on this site. It is not the intention of this site to interfere with the traffic of other sites.
• External linking discouraged. This should not be used as a canonical source of legal information. Folks are welcome to use this site to locate authoritative sites for laws and correspondence, but they should not consider this site authoritative.
• No editorial or commentary within the document. The Gunwiki web is for commentary and analysis. This web is solely for the verbatim text of material cited within the Gunwiki web. In some cases, limited summarization is permissible (particularly in instances where only a scanned copy of a letter is available), but this must be kept neutral. Should you notice commentary within a document, please use 'Leave a Comment' to report it!
• All mirrors must maintain a timestamp. The timestamp should be the date at which the text was copied from the authoritative site. This is important so that the mirrored copy of the penal code may be updated correctly as laws change.

Federal Law

• Title 1 USC 922(r) - prohibiting the importation, assembly, etc of non-sporting firearms
  • A letter from ATF in 1994: 922(r) does not apply to NFA weapons
  • A letter from ATF in 2009: 922(r) does apply to NFA weapons
  • An ATF letter referencing the replacement of receivers on Steyr semi-auto rifles
  • An ATF letter stating that 40mm infrared parachute flares are prohibited
• Code of Federal Regulations Title 27, Volume 1, Section 178.39 - helps define imported firearms as those having more than 10 parts from a named list of parts.

Federal Case Law

• Gilbert Equipment Co., Inc. v. Higgins, 1989

ATF Reports and Letters

• Report on Importability of Certain Semiautomatic Rifles (1989)
• Letters from ATF regarding the Akdal MKA 1919 Shotgun
• Various ATF Letters on the Browning 1919
• All ATF letters specifically dealing with Saiga rifles
• A 2004 letter on rebuilding Full Auto Receivers as Semi Auto
• A 2005 ATF letter on 922(r) parts count for AK-47's - this is the one which specifically says the rear tang is not a trunion.

State Law

Renumbered California Law

• CPC 16505 - Definition of "encased" as used in CPC 26405, amongst others.
• CPC 25500 - 25595 - Exemptions from unlawful carry of a firearm
• CPC 25850 - Loaded carry of a firearm
• CPC 26405 - Regulations on the transportation of unloaded firearms

California Law, under Old CPC numbering

• CPC 537(e) - Covering, removing, etc of serial numbers prohibited generally
• CPC 626.9 - Carrying weapons generally prohibited in a school zone
• CPC 12025 - Carrying concealed firearms generally prohibited unless exempted
• CPC 12026 - Exemptions permitting carry of firearms in certain locations - loaded is not affected, governed strictly by CPC 12031.
• CPC 12026.1 - Transportation exemptions from prohibition against carry for locked and unloaded weapons.
• CPC 12026.2 - Transportation exemptions from prohibition against carry for locked and unloaded weapons.
• CPC 12029 - Nuisances (large cap magazines included) under old CPC numbering
• CPC 12050 - CCW issuance
• CPC 12090 - Prohibition on removal of identifying marks
• CPC 12316 - Prohibitions on ammunition sales to minors and possession on school grounds

Old California Law

• CPC 12031 - General prohibition against loaded weapons in public - superseded by CPC 25850.