Legal Opinion
Opinion No. (2003)
California Attorney General Reports
Decided March 28, 2003Published
1Opinion of the Court
BILL LOCKYER Attorney General GREGORY L. GONOT Deputy Attorney General
THE HONORABLE GREGORY S. GAUL, ACTING DISTRICT ATTORNEY, COUNTY OF SHASTA, has requested an opinion on the following question:
May a muzzleloading rifle equipped with iron sights contain a fiber optic ambient light gathering system when used to hunt big game?
CONCLUSION
A muzzleloading rifle equipped with iron sights may not contain a fiber optic ambient light gathering system when used to hunt big game.
ANALYSIS
The Constitution expressly authorizes the Legislature to delegate to the Fish and Game Commission ("Commission")…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Pacific Legal Foundation v. Unemployment Insurance Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1981
- Aguilar v. Association for Retarded CitizensCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1991
- Richard Boyd Industries, Inc. v. State Board of EqualizationCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2001