| Cite: Unknown | Enacted: Unknown | Repealed: Unknown |
| Source: Dumblaws.com | ||
Discussion:
No law has been found in any of California's 29 Codes to substantiate this claim. Further more, a number of laws (shown below) currently outlaw discharging a firearm from a vehicle. It is believed that this law is bogus, but further research will need to be done in order to make sure this law has been debunked. If this law ever did exist, it would have had to exist before the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 USC 1361.)
CPC 374c: Every person who shoots any firearm from or upon a public road or highway is guilty of a misdemeanor.
CFG 3002: It is unlawful to shoot at any game bird or mammal, including a marine mammal as defined in Section 4500, from a powerboat, sailboat, motor vehicle, or airplane.
CFG 4500(c): For the purposes of this chapter, "marine mammals" means sea otters, whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, and sea lions.
CPC 12031(a)(1): A person is guilty of carrying a loaded firearm when he or she carries a loaded firearm on his or her person or in a vehicle while in any public place or on any public street in an incorporated city or in any public place or on any public street in a prohibited area of unincorporated territory. (There are a ton of exceptions to this for Police Officers, Military, and a bunch of others.)
CPC 12034(b): Any driver or owner of any vehicle, whether or not the owner of the vehicle is occupying the vehicle, who knowingly permits any other person to discharge any firearm from the vehicle is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year or in state prison for 16 months or two or three years.
CPC 12034(d): Except as provided in Section 3002 of the Fish and Game Code, any person who willfully and maliciously discharges a firearm from a motor vehicle is guilty of a public offense punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year or in state prison.
Attributes, Sources, External Pro/Con-Links
- California Law Resource: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/