He just couldn't go on . You may bring all of your California-legal firearms with you, but you must report them all to the California Department of Justice within 60 days as required utilizing the New Resident Firearm Ownership Report (BOF 4010A), pdf. For information on gun laws in Nevada and Colorado, please see our articles on: Being accused or arrested for a crime does not necessarily mean you will be convicted in court. The gun was missing, Mike said. Licensed firearm dealers, a small fraction of gun owners, are required to report lost or stolen firearms "[w]ithin 48 hours of discovery" in California. The California Firearms Application Reporting System (CFARS) is a web-based application that will allow an individual to report their firearms to the Department of Justice (DOJ) using California Reporting Information System (CRIS) reporting forms, as outlined in California firearms laws and regulations. The potential felony state prison sentence is two (2), four (4) or six (6) years.29. Federal law prohibits you from acquiring or possessing a gun if you: Penal Code 26500 makes it a misdemeanor to sell, lease, or transfer a gun without a license.24. For most defendants, theft of a firearm valued at $950 or less is only petty theftand so carries greatly reduced penalties. We have local criminal law offices in and around Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, San Jose, Oakland, the San Francisco Bay area, and several nearby cities. Criminals are crafty, and often experts at what they do. Police officer mistakes, faulty breathalyzers and crime lab errors may get your charges reduced or dismissed. 1. However, outside of law enforcement and federal agents, no other person has access o this database. Federal firearms licensees (FFLs) must report to ATF each missing, lost, or stolen firearm from the FFL's inventory or collection within 48 hours of discovery of the loss or theft by completing and forwarding a Federal Firearms Licensee Theft/Loss Report (ATF Form 3310.11). For example, you are not guilty if you were in a friends car and did not know that there was a gun under his seat. This can certainly happen with firearms. HB 1824 penalizes failure to report a civil infraction with a $100 fine for the first offense, $1,000 for a second, and a third offense would be a misdemeanor with a $1,000 fine and up to six months in jail.