National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. v. State

Opinion

LEVY, Acting P. J.

Penal Code section 31910, subdivision (b)(7)(A), provides that, commencing January 1, 2010, a semiautomatic pistol is an “ ‘unsafe handgun’ ” if “it is not designed and equipped with a microscopic array of characters that identify the make, model, and serial number of the pistol, etched or otherwise imprinted in two or more places on the interior surface or internal working parts of the pistol, and that are transferred by imprinting on each cartridge case when the firearm is fired . . . .” Appellants, National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. (NSSF), and Sporting Arms…