California · Penal Code
PEN §417.3: Every person who, except in self-defense, in the presence of any other person who is an occupant of a motor vehicle proceeding on a public street or highway, draws or exhibits any firearm, whether loa
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It is a felony to draw or exhibit a firearm in a threatening manner at another person in or near a motor vehicle on a public street, except in self-defense, if it causes reasonable fear of bodily harm.
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