California Firearm Disqualifications

Firearm disqualifications in California

Someone in California is disqualified from owning a firearm if they are:

convicted of a federal, state, or international felony
addicted to the use of any narcotic drug
subject to an outstanding warrant
convicted of misdemeanor threatening of public employees, witness/victim intimidation, resisting arrest, false report of crime, bringing a weapon into a public building, simple assault/battery, assault/battery on a police officer, sexual battery, shooting at an unoccupied vehicle or building, domestic violence, violating a restraining order, making criminal threats, commit hate crime, stalking, convicted of drug offenses as a juvenile
illegal alien or renounced US citizenship
found to be a danger because of mental illness

individuals who were convicted of drug offenses as juveniles are prohibited from owning/possessing firearms until the age of 30

Those convicted of a felony in California:

cannot purchase, own, receive, possess or have in their custody/control any firearm

found by court to be a danger to themselves or others because of mental illness
found by a court to be mentally incompetent to stand trial
found not guilty by reason of insanity
adjudicated a mentally disordered sex offender
under a conservatorship because they are gravely disabled as result of a mental disorder or chronic alcoholism
communicates a threat to a licensed psychotherapist against a reasonably identifiable victim as reported to law enforcement

retired peace state or federal peace officers are exempt from the prohibition on concealed carrying, prohibition on carrying loaded firearm,