What really needs to happen here is to get things really started is to have somebody repeal all of the exemptions for firearms used in movies.
Convicted Felon/ non eligible actor w/ a gun?
Non CA compliant gun?
CC w/o a permit, etc..
This would hit them extremely hard and you'd see every movie studio in Ca howl.
You're not kidding. This is an excellant idea, since as cekim said, laws like this only highlight how it's OK to have and use guns if you're entertaining, but not if you just want to protect your life with them.
I haven't read the text of this new law in CA (AB 1934), but chances are it hasn't changed this part.
California Penal Code Section 12026.2:
(a) Section 12025 does not apply to, or affect, any of the
following:
(1) The possession of a firearm by an authorized participant in a
motion picture, television, or video production or entertainment
event when the participant lawfully uses the firearm as part of that
production or event or while going directly to, or coming directly
from, that production or event.
The section of penal code that actors and actresses are exempt from is
12025, which means that they can carry concealed on the way to and from the movie set without a permit.
they are banning the open carry of EMPTY guns !
They might as well ban the carrying of hammers, as it's actually a similar shape.
They lost something of zero value - the ability to carry an EMPTY gun.
Not quite guys. They actually lost both the legal ability to carry unloaded guns exposed and the legal ability to carry loaded guns exposed.
http://californiaopencarry.org/faq.html
I’ve heard that I can only Open Carry in counties with a population less than 200,000. Is that true?
No. This language and this number come from PC 12050, which in addition to concealed carry permits, allows sheriffs to issue permits to carry “loaded and exposed”, but only in counties with a population less than 200,000. These permits are even more elusive than the rare concealed carry permits, and have no bearing on the otherwise legal carry of firearms.
Granted those permits don't appear to be common there, but there's one more thing.
http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/54219
The bill would make it a misdemeanor, punishable by a $1,000 fine and six months in jail, to carry an exposed handgun in a public place or on a public street in a city or in prohibited areas of unincorporated county territory.
The bill contains numerous exceptions, including display of a firearm by a peace officer, a firearms dealer, a target-shooter at a range, a gun-show participant, and by a licensed hunter while engaged in that sport.
You'll notice that there isn't an exemption listed for people with a carry permit. So if someone with a carry permit accidentally exposes their gun in CA, they'll now face criminal charges and fines under this new bill, AB 1934.
(Although I am quoting a news story here for legal info, so hopefully I'm wrong, but knowing CA, I'm probably right).
On the flip side. Is there any "Show Biz" exemptions in mass?? With the talk of that movie studio as well as all of the films being shot here. It would be nice to see some sort of mass arrest/ actor round up on the set happen here in mass to highlight the stupidity of the laws here.
I've been wondering about that with MP5s, AA12s and the like showing up (and being fired) on shows how they are handling that?
There are no exemptions in MA law that I have ever read.
There was some recent filming in Boston that involved full-auto fire... Was it a replica or did the actor have an MG card? If not, a law was broken according to the CHSB.
Yes, there is an exemption in MA.
MGL 140-131F 1/2:
Chapter 140: Section 131F1/2. Theatrical productions; carrying firearms and blank ammunition
Section 131F1/2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of section ten of chapter two hundred and sixty-nine of the General Laws or any other law to the contrary, the carrying or possession of a firearm and blank ammunition therefor, during the course of any television, movie, stage or other similar theatrical production, by a person within such production, shall be authorized; provided, however, that such carrying or possession of such firearm shall be under the immediate supervision of a person licensed to carry firearms.
I can't find any case law on the subject for MA, though.