California Military Department State Military Museums Program
Transfers of Weapons and Vehicles from Law Enforcement Agencies
 
 
The California Military Department is authorized to receive firearms, including weapons regulated by the National Firearms Act of 1934, from law enforcement agencies in California. Authorization for such transfers are:

California Penal Code: 34005. Transfers of firearms to the California Military Department for the purposes of adding to the historical collection.

 

  • (a) (1) An officer having custody of any firearm that may be useful to the California National Guard, the Coast Guard Auxiliary, or to any military or naval agency of the federal or state government, including, but not limited to, the California State Military Museum and Resource Center, located in Sacramento, and at branch museums located at the California National Guard facilities at Camp Roberts, Camp San Luis Obispo, and Los Alamitos Armed Forces Reserve Center, may, upon the authority of the legislative body of the city, city and county, or county by which the officer is employed and the approval of the Adjutant General, deliver the firearm to the commanding officer of a unit of the California National Guard, the Coast Guard Auxiliary, or any other military agency of the state or federal government, in lieu of destruction as required by any of the provisions listed in Section 16580.
  • (2) Any state agency, county, municipality, or special purpose district may offer any excess military weapons or equipment, such as historical war equipment like artillery, tanks, or armored vehicles, to the California State Military Museum and Resource Center or any branch museum described in paragraph (1).
  • (3) The officer delivering a firearm pursuant to this subdivision shall take a receipt for it, which contains a complete description of the firearm, and shall keep the receipt on file in his or her office as a public record.
  • (b) Any law enforcement agency that has custody of any firearms, or any parts of any firearms, which are subject to destruction as required by any of the provisions listed in Section 16580, may, in lieu of destroying the weapons, retain and use any of them as may be useful in carrying out the official duties of the agency. Alternatively, upon approval of a court, the agency may do either of the following:
  • (1) Release the weapons to any other law enforcement agency for use in carrying out the official duties of that agency.
  • (2) Turn over to the criminalistics laboratory of the Department of Justice or the criminalistics laboratory of a police department, sheriff's office, or district attorney’s office, any weapons that may be useful in carrying out the official duties of the respective agencies.
  • (c) (1) Any firearm, or part of any firearm, which, rather than being destroyed, is used for official purposes pursuant to this section, shall be destroyed by the agency using the weapon when it is no longer needed by the agency for use in carrying out its official duties.
  • (2) Firearms or weaponry donated to the California State Military Museum and Resource Center may be disposed of pursuant to Section 179 of the Military and Veterans Code.
  • (d) (1) Any law enforcement agency that has custody of any firearms, or any parts of any firearms, which are subject to destruction as required by any of the provisions listed in Section 16580, may, in lieu of destroying the firearms, obtain an order from the superior court directing the release of the firearms to the sheriff.
  • (2) The sheriff shall enter those weapons into the Automated Firearms System (AFS), via the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, with a complete description of each weapon, including the make, type, category, caliber, and serial number of the firearms, and the name of the academy receiving the weapon entered into the AFS miscellaneous field.
  • (3) The sheriff shall then release the firearms to the basic training academy certified by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, so that the firearms may be used for instructional purposes in the certified courses. All firearms released to an academy shall be under the care, custody, and control of the particular academy.
  • (4) Any firearm, or part of any firearm, which is not destroyed, and is used for the purposes authorized by this section, shall be returned to the law enforcement agency that had original custody of the firearm when it is no longer needed by the basic training academy, or when the basic training academy is no longer certified by the commission.
  • (5) When those firearms are returned, the law enforcement agency to which the firearms are returned, shall on the date of the return, enter into the Automated Firearms System (AFS), via the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, a complete description of each weapon, including the make, type, category, caliber, and serial number of the firearms, and the name of the entity returning the firearm.

    • California Military and Veterans Code: § 179(g). California State Military Museum and Resource Center:

     

  • The Adjutant General or an entity described in subdivision (b) may solicit and receive firearms and other weaponry confiscated by or otherwise in the possession of law enforcement officers as donations to the museum if he or she deems them to be of historical or military interest.

    • The California Military Department Military Museum Enterprise is looking for the following specific weapons to fill holes in our collection:

     American

     British Imperial/Commonwealth

     French

     German

     Japanese

     Russian/Soviet/Communist
     Pistols and Revolvers (Government Issue Only)
  • All pre-World War Models (less M1911A1 .45 ACP Pistols)
  • S&W and Colt M1917 .45ACP Revolvers
  • S&W Model 10/12/15 .38 Revolver
  • S&W Victory Model Revolver
  • H&K Mk 23/24 Mod 0 (SOCOM) .45 ACP Pistol
  • Glock 19M 9mm Pistol
  • Beretta M9 and M9A1 9mm Pistols
  • M15 General Officer .45 ACP Pistol
  • Guide Lamp Liberator OSS Pistol
  • Sig-Sauer Mk 25 Mod 0 Pistol (P226) 9mm
  • Sig-Sauer P229R DAK Pistol.40 S&W
  • Sig-Sauer P2022 9mm
  • Sig-Sauer M11 (P228) 9mm
  • Sig-Sauer M17/18 (P320) 9mm
  • Colt M45A1 .45 ACP Pistol

    •  Pistols and Revolvers

  • All World War I and later military issued pistols and revolvers.

    •  Pistols and Revolvers

  • All World War I and later military issued pistols and revolvers.

    •  Pistols and Revolvers

  • All World War I and later military issued pistols and revolvers.(less P08 and P38 pistols)

    •  Pistols and Revolvers

  • All World War II military issued pistols and revolvers.

    •  Pistols and Revolvers

  • All World War I and later military issued pistols and revolvers.
    •  Rifles and Carbines (Government Issue Only)
  • Pre-World War I models (less M1861, M1873, M1884, M1898, M1903 [post M1906 modified and cadet models] and M1903A3 rifles)
  • All Cavalry Carbines
  • M1903A4 Sniper Rifle with Scope
  • M16 and variants, including with M203 Grenade Launcher.
  • M4 Carbine and variants
  • Stoner Rifle and Carbines
  • M1A1 Paratrooper Carbine
  • M2 Carbine
  • M3 Carbine with Infrared Scope
  • M14 Enhanced Battle Rifle variant only
  • All military sniper rifles.
  • All non-standard special operations rifles and carbines

    •  Rifles and Carbines

  • All World War I and later models, less Small Magazine Lee-Enfield models No 1 Mk 3 and No 4 Mk 1 Rifles.
  • 18th Century Land Pattern muskets, all variants.

    •   Rifles and Carbines

  • MAS-44 and post-World War II only.

    •   Rifles and Carbines

  • All World War I and later sniper rifles
  • World War II and later rifles.

    •   Rifles and Carbines

  • World War II models (less Type 38 and 99 Rifles)

    •   Rifles and Carbines

  • World War I and later models (less M44, SKS, AK-47 and AKMs, including licensed variants)
    •  Shotguns
  • All post-1917 models of military issue tactical shotguns and trench guns
    		•          
     Submachine Guns
  • Post-1917 models (less M1 Thompson and Reising M50/55)

    • Submachine Guns

  • All World War I and later models (less Sten Gun, Mks II and V)

    • Submachine Guns

  • All post-1914 models

    • Submachine Guns

  • Post-1914 models (less MP40)

    • Submachine Guns

  • All Word War II models

    • Submachine Guns

  • World War II and later models (less PPSh-41)

    •  Machine Guns

  • All models (less Marlin M-1895/14 and M1917 Lewis Guns). Need tripods for M1895/14s.
  • Tripod or Wheeled Carriage for M1875 Colt Battery Gun (Gatling Gun)

    •  Machine Gun

  • All World War I and later models

    •  Machine Guns

  • Post-1914 models (less M1914 Hotchkiss). Need tripod for a M1914 Hotchkiss

    •  Machine Guns

  • Post-1914 models (less MG08/15). Need bipods for MG 08/15s.

    •  Machine Guns

  • World War II models (less Types 11, 96 and 99).
  • Magazines for Types 96 and 99.

    •  Machine Guns

  • World War I and later models, less DShK M1938/46. Need tripod for DSkK

    • Weapons from other nations who were allied to or enemies of the United States will also be accepted as well as please contact our curator at curator@militarymuseum.org with images and descriptions.

    The California Military Department Historical Collection will complete any Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) documentation.

    If your agency requires that the weapon be demilitarized, please do so that the process does not take away from the exterior appearance of the weapon .

    The Military Department's Military Museum Enterprise can also accept larger crew-served weapons, artillery, armored vehicles and wheeled tactical vehicles.

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    Posted 23 April 2019