The board of supervisors may prohibit and prevent the unnecessary firing and discharge of firearms on or into the highways and other public places and may pass all necessary ordinances regulating or forbidding such acts.
Cal. Gov. Code § 25840
Miscellaneous
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 70 Cal. 2d 851 - Galvan v. Superior Court (1969)
Most recently applied in Doe v. City and County of San Francisco (October 1982)
Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.
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