California Penal Code section 53071 preempts almost all local firearm regulation, so Los Angeles cannot license or restrict gun ownership beyond state law. Narrow zoning, storage, and sensitive-place rules survive.
Penal Code section 53071 fully occupies the field of firearm registration, licensing, manufacture, sale, possession, and transportation, voiding most conflicting LA ordinances. The city retains zoning power over gun dealers, may regulate discharge inside city limits, and enforces state sensitive-place restrictions adopted under SB-2 (2024). Residual LAMC chapter 55 provisions on dealer licensing and storage remain valid only where they parallel state law. Federal Gun-Free School Zones Act and ATF rules layer on top. Owners should treat California law as the binding rulebook citywide.
Violations of state firearms law are misdemeanors or felonies under the Penal Code; LA can prosecute discharge or storage breaches but cannot add registration penalties.
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