I'm having trouble finding any solid info on this from the CA DOJ / OAG and hoping someone here can point me in the right direction.
This revolves around the use of federally classified SBR's and suppressors as duty weapons but personally owned, not departmental. I know many local agencies, including my own, who have cans on the SWAT rifles, so I know the ATF allows CA agencies to buy such items. I would like to find solid info on the legality of a single officer using a "personally owned" SBR/can in CA.
According to CPC 33220 (b):
"The possession of short-barreled rifles and short-barreled shotguns by peace officer members of a police department, sheriff’s office, marshal’s office, the California Highway Patrol, the Department of Justice, or the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, when on duty and the use is authorized by the agency and is within the course and scope of their duties, and the officers have completed a training course in the use of these weapons certified by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training."
So if this is true, what does "authorized by the agency" mean? A letter from the Chief?
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