California · Penal Code

PEN §30320: Any person, firm, or corporation who, within this state, manufactures, imports, sells, offers to sell, or knowingly transports any handgun ammunition designed primarily to penetrate metal or armor is

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

Manufacturing, importing, selling, or transporting armor-piercing handgun ammunition in the state is a felony punishable by state prison, a fine up to $5,000, or both.

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Any person, firm, or corporation who, within this state, manufactures, imports, sells, offers to sell, or knowingly transports any handgun ammunition designed primarily to penetrate metal or armor is guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in state prison, or by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.

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