CA-FSC FSC Safe Storage 2

Question 1

Under California Penal Code Section 25100, what age threshold defines a 'minor' for purposes of the criminal storage of a firearm statute?

Accepted Answer

Under 18 years old

Answer

Under 16 years old

Answer

Under 21 years old

Answer

Under 14 years old

Question 2

Under California's criminal storage of a firearm law, when is the offense elevated to a felony?

Accepted Answer

When a minor obtains the firearm and causes death or great bodily injury

Answer

When a minor displays the firearm in a threatening manner

Answer

When a minor handles the firearm without injury

Answer

When a minor knows where the firearm is stored

Question 3

A gun owner leaves a loaded firearm on a nightstand. A visiting 15-year-old takes it to school without it being discharged. The owner may face:

Accepted Answer

A misdemeanor for third-degree criminal storage

Answer

No charges since the firearm was never fired

Answer

A felony regardless of outcome

Answer

Charges only if the owner is the minor's parent

Question 4

What is the primary purpose of California's Child Access Prevention (CAP) laws regarding firearm storage?

Accepted Answer

To prevent unintentional shootings and youth gun violence caused by unsecured firearms

Answer

To reduce the total number of registered firearms in the state

Answer

To limit the number of firearms a household can own

Answer

To require background checks for all household members

Question 5

Which California agency maintains the roster of approved Firearm Safety Devices (FSDs) that must accompany new handgun sales?

Accepted Answer

California Department of Justice

Answer

California Highway Patrol

Answer

California Department of Consumer Affairs

Answer

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

Question 6

Under California safe storage law, the legal responsibility for securing a firearm falls primarily on:

Accepted Answer

The registered owner or the person who has custody or control of the firearm

Answer

The local law enforcement agency that issued any permit

Answer

The firearms dealer who sold the gun

Answer

All adults residing in the home jointly

Question 7

A California gun owner keeps an unsecured loaded handgun in a home where a 17-year-old lives. The teenager takes the gun to school and injures a classmate. The owner is most likely charged with:

Accepted Answer

Second-degree criminal storage — a wobbler offense — because a minor accessed the gun and caused injury

Answer

No crime because the teenager is almost an adult

Answer

Only civil liability, not criminal charges

Answer

A federal charge rather than a state charge